Executive Council Members

President

John Hechtel
Retired-Alaska Fish and Game

United States of America

Term ends 09 January 2023

Vice President, Eurasia

Agnieszka Sergiel
Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences

Poland

+48.123.703.564

Term ends 09 January 2024

Vice President, Americas

Stewart Breck
USDA-National Wildlife Research Center/CSU-Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence

United States of America

+1.970.775.3459

Term ends 09 January 2026

Secretary

Alexander Kopatz
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)

Norway

Term ends 09 January 2024

Treasurer

Gordon Stenhouse
GBS Wildlife Consulting

Canada

+1.780.817,0797

Term ends 09 January 2026

Councillors

VIVIANA ALBARRACÍN DÁVALOS

National Museum of Natural History of Bolivia (MNHN)

Bolivia

+591.71943160

Term ends 09 January 2024

Mark Edwards

Office of the Chief Scientist/ University of Alberta

Canada

+1.587.785.1697

Term ends 09 January 2024

Marta De Barba

Biology Department Biotechnical Faculty

Slovenia/Italy

Term ends 09 January 2024

Colleen Olfenbuttel

North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission

United States of America

+1.919.920.6302

Term ends 09 January 2024

Anne Hertel

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Germany

+49.177.6733016

Term ends 09 January 2026

Lorraine Scotson

Saola Foundation for Annamite Mountains Conservation

Scotland/Lao PDR

Term 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
Bear Conservation Fund Chair

Julia Bevins

United States of America

+1.907.223.3483
Webmaster

Nadine Guth
University of Leipzig

Germany

+49.176.82169126
Student Representative

Amy MacLeod
University of Alberta

Canada

IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group Co-Chair

Kristin Laidre
University of Washington, Seattle

United States of America

IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group Co-Chair

Nicholas J. Lunn
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Canada

+1.780.492.8922