https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2018-tesla-musk-going-private-board-special-committee/

This move comes after a meeting that the board urged Mr. Musk and his brother Kimbal to abstain from, in which it considered the CEO's tweets about going private. The special tribunal has the full power of the board to take any action based on Musk's proposal, and that's a pretty big responsibility.

The special committee is composed of Brad Buss, Robyn Denholm and Linda Johnson Rice. Buss is the former CFO of Solar City before Tesla's somewhat controversial buyout of the company, Denholm is the first female member of Tesla's board of directors, and Rice is the second. The committee has retained the services of a law firm, while Tesla has engaged a separate law firm to act as counsel.