Executive Council Members
President
John Hechtel
Retired-Alaska Fish and Game
United States of America
+1.907.457.2032Term ends 09 January 2023
Vice President, Eurasia
Agnieszka Sergiel
Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
+48.123.703.564Term ends 09 January 2024
Vice President, Americas
Stewart Breck
USDA-National Wildlife Research Center/CSU-Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence
United States of America
+1.970.775.3459Term ends 09 January 2026
Secretary
Alexander Kopatz
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Norway
+47.4513.2514Term ends 09 January 2024
Councillors
VIVIANA ALBARRACÍN DÁVALOS
National Museum of Natural History of Bolivia (MNHN)
Bolivia
+591.71943160Term ends 09 January 2024
Mark Edwards
Office of the Chief Scientist/ University of Alberta
Canada
+1.587.785.1697Term ends 09 January 2024
Colleen Olfenbuttel
North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission
United States of America
+1.919.920.6302Term ends 09 January 2024
Anne Hertel
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Germany
+49.177.6733016Term ends 09 January 2026
Ex-Officio Council
International Bear News Managing Editor
Mark Edwards
Office of the Chief Scientist
Alberta Environment and Parks
Canada
+1.780.229.7203
URSUS Managing Editor
Andrew Derocher
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Canada
+1.780.492.5570
Director of Operations and Programs
Jennapher Teunissen van Manen
International Association for Bear Research and Management
United States of America
+1.530.379.5476
IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group Co-Chair
Kristin Laidre
University of Washington, Seattle
United States of America
+1.206.616.9030
IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group Co-Chair
Nicholas J. Lunn
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Canada
+1.780.492.8922