Members - North and Central America

Erich Bishop von Wettberg

Affiliation

USA

Andrew DeWoody

Position

Professor and Conservation Scholar

Affiliation

Purdue University, USA

Other IUCN SSC Specialist groups

https://iucn.org/our-union/commissions/iucn-species-survival-commission-2021-2025

Email

dewoody@purdue.edu

Personal Website/Social Media

Lori Eggert

Affiliation

USA

Jeremie Fant

Position

Director of Conservation

Affiliation

Negaunee Institute, Chicago Botanic Garden, USA

Plant Biology and Conservation Program, Northwestern University, USA

Email

jfant@chicagobotanic.org

Personal Website/Social Media

https://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/staff/fant

Giovanny Fagua

Affiliation

Canada

Colombia

Rob Fleischer

Position

Senior Scientist Emeritus

Affiliation

Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, USA

Email

fleischerr@si.edu

Personal Website/Social Media

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/about/staff/robert-c-fleischer

Adam Freedman

Affiliation

USA

Chris Funk

Position

Professor

Affiliation

Colorado State University, USA

Email

Chris.Funk@colostate.edu

Personal Website/Social Media

Sean Hoban

Position

Senior Scientist in Tree Conservation Biology

Affiliation

The Morton Arboretum, USA

Other IUCN SSC Specialist groups

IUCN Global Tree Specialist Group

Global Biodiversity Framework Task Force

Personal Website/Social Media

Robert Lacy

Affiliation

USA

Emily Latch

Affiliation

USA

Mariah Meek

Affiliation

USA

Antoinette Piaggio

Position

Supervisory Research Biologist

Affiliation

United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, USA

Email

toni.j.piaggio@usda.gov

Personal Website/Social Media

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/national-wildlife-programs/nwrc/careers/piaggio

Chris Richards

Affiliation

USA

Daniel Ruzzante

Affiliation

Canada

Argentina

Oliver Ryder

Position

Director of Conservation Genetics

Affiliation

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, USA

Other IUCN SSC Specialist groups

IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group 

IUCN Equid specialist group

IUCN Animal Biobanking for Conservation Specialist Group

Email

oryder@sdzwa.org

Personal Website/Social Media

Nelson Ting

Position

Professor

Affiliation

University of Oregon, USA

Other IUCN SSC Specialist groups

IUCN Primate Specialist Group

IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group

Email

nting@uoregon.edu

Personal Website/Social Media

Robin Waples

Affiliation

USA

Samantha Wisely

Position

Professor and Director

Affiliation

Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, USA

Email

Wisely@ufl.edu

Personal Website/Social Media

https://wec.ifas.ufl.edu/people/wec-faculty/samantha-wisely/