Greetings Frodo! it's been ages!
Well Friends, I know it's not cannon, but I just picked up
The Tolkien Companion at a second-hand store for $2 and here is what it has to say;
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White Council;The council of the wise- the 5 istari (wizards) and the chief Eldar- formed in the late Third Age to co-ordinate policy against Evil in Middle-earth. It was summoned by the Lady Galadriel of Lothlorien and its first chief was Saruman the White. At the time of its founding (2463 Third Age) the chief enemy of the Free Peoples was the "Necromancer" of Dol Guldur, and the over-riding aim of the Wise was the discovery of his true identity; for even at that time there were some who believed that the Necromancer was Sauron himself.
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It does not directly name all members and there is another paragraph or tow about the Necromancer and the war of the ring if you are interested in hearing them.