Who are we?
Structure
The SSG is one of the largest and most active Specialist Group's, with more than 170 members. We operate with Co-Chairs, a Deputy Chair, Vice-Chair specialists and Area Co-ordinators, who make up part of the Executive Committee. Regional Vice-Chairs are also appointed for each of the 12 SSG regions and coordinate the work of SSG members in these regions. The Specialist Groups of the SSC disband and reform every four years, following the World Conservation Congress, at the beginning of IUCN’s new quaddrenium. IUCN’s current quaddrenium runs from 2008-2012 . Details are provided below for the SSG Executive Committee and Regional Vice-Chairs. Please see our Regional Pages for details of all of our members or view member profiles here.
Executive Committee
Co-Chair: Nick Dulvy (Canada)
Co-Chair: Colin Simpfendorfer (Australia)
Deputy Chair: Sonja Fordham (Brussels/USA)
Program Advisor: Rachel Cavanagh (UK)
Vice-Chair Science: John A Musick (USA)
Vice-Chair Communications: George Burgess (USA)
Vice-Chair of International Treaties: Sarah Fowler (UK)
Vice-Chair Trade: Shelley Clarke (Hong Kong)
Vice-Chair Traffic: Glenn Sant (Australia)
Vice-Chair Taxonomy: Dave Ebert (USA) Will White (Australia)
Area Coordinator East Asia: Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto (Malaysia)
Area Coordinator Africa and Western Indian Ocean: Mika Diop (Senegal)
Area Coordinator South and Central America: Position empty
Regional Vice-Chairs
Australia and Oceania: Colin Simpfendorfer (Australia)
Central America and the Caribbean: Oscar Sosa Nishizaki (Mexico), Randall Arauz (Costa Rica)
Indian Ocean: Aaron Henderson (Oman), Alec Moore (UK)
Mediterranean: Alen Soldo (Croatia), Fabrizio Serena (Italy)
North East Atlantic: Edward Farrell (Ireland), Heike Zidowitz (Germany)
North West Atlantic: Dave Kulka (Canada), John Carlson (USA)
North East Pacific: David Ebert (USA), Ken Goldman (USA)
North West Pacific: Hajime Ishihara (Jordan), Alexei Orlov (Russia)
South America: Freddy Arocha (Venezuela), Enzo Acuña Soto (Chile)
South East Asia: Chavalit Vidthanyanin (Thailand), Ahmad Bin Ali(Malaysia)
Sub-Equatorial Africa: Narriman Jiddawi (Tanzania)
West Africa: Amadou Saine (Gambia)
Programme Staff
Program Manager: Lucy Harrison (Canada)
