Executive Council Members
President
Andreas Zedrosser
University of South-Eastern Norway
Norway
+47.3595.2765Term ends 09 January 2020
Secretary
Alexander Kopatz
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Norway
+47.4513.2514Term ends 09 January 2021
Past-President
Karen Noyce
Retired-Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
United States of America
+1.218.259.6686Term ends 09 January 2020
Vice President, Eurasia
Mei-Hsui Hwang
National Pingtung University of Science & Technology
Taiwan
+886.8.7740416Term ends 09 January 2021
Treasurer
Jennifer Fortin-Noreus
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States of America
+1.406.243.4994Term ends 09 January 2020
Councillors
Nishith Dharaiya
HNG University Department of Life Sciences
India
+91.999.898.1560Term ends 09 January 2020
Marta De Barba
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA)
France
+33.476.514.673Term ends 09 January 2021
Shyamala Ratnayeke
Sunway University Department of Biological Sciences
Malaysia
+60.3.7491.8622 Ext: 7177Term ends 09 January 2020
Agnieszka Sergiel
Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
+48.123.703.564Term ends 09 January 2021
Ex-Officio Members
International Bear News Managing Editor
Mark Edwards
Royal Alberta Museum/University of Alberta
Canada
+1.825.468.6177Director of Transition
Jennapher Teunissen van Manen
International Association for Bear Research and Management
United States of America
+1.530.379.5476IUCN Bear Specialist Group Co-chair
Dave Garshelis
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
United States of America
+1.218.327.4146IUCN Bear Specialist Group Co-chair
Rob Steinmetz
World Wildlife Fund-Thailand
Thailand
+662-942-7691IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group Co-Chair
Dag Vongraven
Norwegian Polar Institute
Norway
+47.77750638