Linguistic DNA had a board of advisors each with a different field of expertise.
- Dawn Archer (Manchester Metropolitan University; previously at University of Central Lancashire)
- Philip Durkin (Oxford University Press, Oxford English Dictionary)
- Andrew Hardie (University of Lancaster)
- Raymond Hickey (Essen University)
- Jonathan Hope (University of Strathclyde)
- Diana McCarthy (University of Cambridge affiliate)
- Terttu Nevalainen (University of Helsinki)
- Cathy Shrank (University of Sheffield)
- Jeremy Smith (University of Glasgow)