Scientist Emeritus

Dr. Steven Amstrup

Chief Scientist Emeritus

Senior Leadership

Krista Wright

Executive Director

Amy Cutting

Vice President of Conservation

Dr. Flavio Lehner

Chief Climate Scientist

Janette May

Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development

Sue Novotny

Senior Director of Communications

Reno Walsh

Senior Director of Organizational Operations

Dr. John Whiteman

Chief Research Scientist

Geoff York

Senior Director of Research and Policy

Staff

Dr. Louise Archer

PBI Research Fellow

Jenna Beckley

Marketing Associate

Chris Cisneros

Database Manager

Kari Crain

Donor Relations Associate

Paige Cresswell

Operations Coordinator

Sonya Faria

Canada Operations Associate

Erinn Hermsen

Senior Manager of Communications

Betsy Jasper

Donor Services Associate

Jessie Kalinowski

Operations Assistant

Marissa Krouse

Director of Conservation Programs

Amy Lester

Major Gifts Officer

Alysa McCall

Director of Conservation Outreach and Staff Scientist

Kayla McCurry

Conservation Outreach Manager

Kieran McIver

Manager of Churchill Field Operations

Jenn McMillan

Manager of Administration

Hayden Moran

Operations Assistant

Emily Ringer

Director of Policy and Advocacy

Marie Spain

Accounting Associate

Sheila Swanson

Human Resources Manager

Mariann Van Den Elzen

Director of Field Operations

Consulting Scientists & Field Experts

Dr. Cassandra Debets

Field Ambassador

Dr. Ruth Rivkin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Chloé Warret Rodrigues

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hilde Fålun Strøm

Ambassador at Large

Larissa Thelin

Field Ambassador

Christian Zoelly

Field Research Contractor

Emeritus Board of Directors

Richard P. Beck

Director Emeritus

Dani Reiss

Director Emeritus

Board of Directors

Patrick Keeley

Chair

Valerie Beck

Vice-Chair

Steven Dolman

Chief Financial Officer

Kristin Biniek

Secretary

Andrew Cyr

Board Director

John Kelleher

Board Director

Peggie Pelosi

Board Director

Ruth Pitt

Board Director

Stephanie Sluka

Board Director

Sarah Street

Board Director

Board Advisory Committee

Georgina Berg

Board Advisor

Penny Brook

Board Advisor

Catherine de Meulles

Board Advisor

Frederica Gamble

Board Advisor

Sylvia Palka Melo

Board Advisor

Daniel J. Cox

Board Advisor

Jennifer Bassett

Board Advisor

John Gunter

Board Advisor

Scientific Advisors

Dr. Andrew Derocher

Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta; former Chair, IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group

Dr. Don Moore

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Martyn Obbard

Research Scientist Emeritus, Ontario Department of Natural Resources

Dr. Megan Owen

Corporate Director of Wildlife Conservation Science, Endowed Benirschke Chair, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Dr. Evan Richardson

Polar Bear Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Dr. Thomas S. Smith

Associate Professor and Wildlife Biologist, Brigham Young University