Executive Council Members
President
John Hechtel
Retired-Alaska Fish and Game
United States of America
+1.907.457.2032Term ends 09 January 2023
Past-President
Andreas Zedrosser
University of South-Eastern Norway
Norway
+47.3595.2765Term ends 09 January 2023
Vice President, Eurasia
Mei-Hsui Hwang
National Pingtung University of Science & Technology
Taiwan
+886.8.7740416Term ends 09 January 2021
Secretary
Alexander Kopatz
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Norway
+47.4513.2514Term ends 09 January 2021
Councillors
Marta De Barba
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA)
France
+33.476.514.673Term ends 09 January 2021
Agnieszka Sergiel
Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
+48.123.703.564Term ends 09 January 2021
Anne Hertel
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F)
Germany
+49.177.6733016Term ends 09 January 2023
Karine Pigeon
University of Northern British Columbia & Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Canada
+1.780.223.7317Term ends 09 January 2023
Konstantin Tirronen
Institute of Biology Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
+79 004 62 3440Term ends 09 January 2023
Ex-Officio Council
International Bear News Managing Editor
Mark Edwards
Royal Alberta Museum/University of Alberta
Canada
+1.825.468.6177
Executive Director
Christopher Kelley
International Association for Bear Research and Management
United States of America
+1.415.902.8115
Director of Transition
Jennapher Teunissen van Manen
International Association for Bear Research and Management
United States of America
+1.530.379.5476
IUCN Bear Specialist Group Co-chair
Dave Garshelis
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
United States of America
+1.218-259-5172
IUCN 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