Current Membership (as of 15 December 2010)

Co-chairs

John A. Calder                  Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)

David Hik                           International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

National Representatives

Helen Joseph                    Canada         (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Anne B. Klitgaard              Denmark       (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

Jesper Madsen                 Denmark       (National Environmental Research Institute) - alternate

Jouni Pulliainen                 Finland          (Finnish Meteorological Insitute)

Lone Nukaaraq Møller      Greenland     (Agency of Culture, Education, Research & Church)

Halldor Johansson            Iceland          (Arctic Portal)

Helgi Jensson                   Iceland          (Environment Agency of Iceland) - alternate

Ola Glesne                        Norway        (Norwegian Climate and Pollution Directorate)

Igor Ashik                          Russia          (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute)

Tove Lundeberg                Sweden        (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)

Ulf Jonsell                          Sweden        (Swedish Polar Research Secretariat)

Martin Jeffries                   USA              (Office of Naval Research)

Peter S. Murdoch              USA              (US Geological Survey) – alternate

Arctic Council Permanent Participants

Victoria Gofman                Aleut International Association

James Gamble                 Aleut International Association - alternate

Bridget Larocque              Gwich'in Council International

Eva Kruemmel                  Inuit Circumpolar Council

Rodion Sulyandziga         Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North

Gunn-Britt Retter             The Saami Council

Cindy Dickson                  Arctic Athabaskan Council

Arctic Council Working Groups

Aevar Petersen                     Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

Tom Barry                             Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

Mike Gill                                 Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CAFF)

Ann Heinrich                          Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)

Allison Saunders                    Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) - alternate

Joan Nymand Larsen            Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) & IASSA

World Meteorological Organization

David Grimes

Bruce Angle - alternate

SAON Secretariat

Volker Rachold                   International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

Lars-Otto Reiersen             Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Odd Rogne                          Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

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Website:        www.arcticobserving.org