The following members of the TED Community serve as a valued source of advice on issues of importance to TED's future.
- Anna Deavere Smith, Actor, playwright
- Ashraf Ghani, Chancellor, Kabul University
- Brian Greene, Physicist
- Bill Gates, Philanthropist
- Craig Venter, Genomics pioneer
- Daniel Dennett, Philosopher
- Daniel Gilbert, Psychologist
- Danny Hillis, Inventor
- David Deutsch, Physicist
- Dean Kamen, Inventor
- Don Norman, Cognitive scientist
- Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen Fund
- Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon
- John Maeda, Designer
- Joshua Prince-Ramus, Architect
- Juan Enriquez, Futurist
- Larry Page, Co-founder, Google
- Linda Stone, Software visionary
- Meg Ryan, Actor
- Nathan Myhrvold, Polymath
- Ray Kurzweil, Futurist
- Scott Cook, Founder, Intuit
- Sergey Brin, Co-founder, Google
- Seth Godin, Marketing guru
- Sir Ken Robinson, Creativity expert
- Stefan Sagmeister, Designer
- Steve Jurvetson, Venture capitalist
- Steven Pinker, Evolutionary psychologist
- Stewart Brand, Long Now founder
- Sunny Bates, Connector extraordinaire
- Tierney Thys, Marine biologist
- Wade Davis, Anthropologist
- Chee Pearlman, Design guru