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Distinguished Honorary Co-Chairs from the host state of Alaska will convene the 8th World Wilderness Congress. The Executive Committee, coordinated by The WILD Foundation, is charged with identifying conservation objectives and organizing the program, with advice from an expert panel of Senior Advisors and an Advisory Group representing diverse interests.
Honorary Co-Chairs- Jay Hammond,
Governor of Alaska (ret) - Walter Hickel
Governor of Alaska (ret) - Byron Mallot
President, First Alaskans Institute - Susan Ruddy
President, Providence Foundation - Clem Tillion
President, Alaska State Senate (ret)
Senior Advisors - Mike Andrews, Chief Conservation Officer, The Nature Conservancy
- Dr. Sylvia Earle, Executive Director; Marine Programs, Conservation International
- Julie Kitka, President, Alaska Federation of Natives
- Dr. Walter Lusigi, Senior Advisor, Global Environmental Facility
- Michael McBride, Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge
- William Meadows, President, The Wilderness Society
- Larry Merculieff, Coordinator, Bering Sea Council of Elders
- Dr. Russell Mittermeier, President, Conservation International
- Dr. Jane Pratt, President, The Mountain Institute (ret)
- David Sheppard, Head, IUCN Programme on Protected Areas
- Mead Treadwell, Senior Fellow, Institute of the North
- Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia
- Xan Augerot, Wild Salmon Center
Executive Committee - Vance Martin, Chair
- Robert Baron
- Ulf Doerner
- Cyril Kormos, The Wild Planet Project
- Harvey Locke
- Andrew Muir
- Dr David Parsons
- Dr Alan Watson, Director of Science Program
For Information:
8th WWC Secretariat
The WILD Foundation, PO Box 1380, Ojai, Ca, USA, 93024
Tel ++(805) 640-0390 Fax (805) 640-0230 Email: info@8wwc.org | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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