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
Agnieszka Sergiel
Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
+48.123.703.564Term ends 09 January 2024
Secretary
Alexander Kopatz
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Norway
+47.4513.2514Term ends 09 January 2024
Councillors
Anne Hertel
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Germany
+49.177.6733016Term ends 09 January 2023
Karine Pigeon
Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Skeena Region
British Colombia Government
Canada
+1.250.875.7186Term 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
Colleen Olfenbuttel
North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission
United States of America
+1.919.920.6302Term ends 09 January 2024
Mark Edwards
Royal Alberta Museum/University of Alberta
Canada
+1.825.468.6177Term ends 09 January 2024
VIVIANA ALBARRACÍN DÁVALOS
National Museum of Natural History of Bolivia (MNHN)
Bolivia
+591.71943160Term ends 09 January 2024
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 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