MTSG
Membership

MTSG Membership Policies


Membership in the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group is by appointment and requires the acceptance of the MTSG Member Terms of Reference. The Terms of Reference describe the MTSG’s membership policies, the members’ roles and pledge, and the process for becoming a member.

Regional Vice Chairs are the MTSG’s primary office holders. Their roles and pledge are detailed within the Regional Vice Chair Terms of Reference.

In addition, all members and Regional Vice Chairs are expected to adhere to the IUCN Code of Conduct.

Member List by Country

Member Name Country of Residence MTSG Region Role
Karen Arthur Australia Australasia Member
James Bali Malaysia Australasia Member
Thi Thu Hien Bui Vietnam Australasia Member
Milani Chaloupka Australia Australasia Member
Chung Fung Chen Malaysia Australasia Member
Kiki Dethmers Australia Australasia Member
Cecilia Fischer Philippines Australasia Member
Nancy FitzSimmons Australia Australasia Member
Michael Guinea Australia Australasia Member
Mark Hamann Australia Australasia Member
Graeme Hays Australia Australasia Member
Christine Hof Australia Australasia Member
Jarina Mohd Jani Malaysia Australasia Member
Liyana Izwin Khalid Malaysia Australasia Member
Sara Kophamel Australia Australasia Member
Colin Limpus Australia Australasia Member
Seh Ling Long Malaysia Australasia Member
Deasy Lontoh Indonesia Australasia Member
Pushpalatha Palaniappan Malaysia Australasia Member
Kellie Pendoley Australia Australasia Member
Nicolas Pilcher Malaysia Australasia Member
Robert I.T. Prince Australia Australasia Member
Richard Reina Australia Australasia Member
Thomas Reischig Indonesia / Germany Australasia Member
Rizza Araceli Salinas Philippines Australasia Member
Takashiro Shimada Australia Australasia Member
Collin (Hor Yee) Tong Singapore Australasia Member
Tony Tucker Australia Australasia Member
Andrea Whiting Australia Australasia Member
Scott Whiting Australia Australasia Member
Paul Whittock Australia Australasia Member
Grahame Webb Australia Australasia & Oceania Member
Satya Ranjan Behera India East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Jérôme Bourjea France East Africa / West Indian Ocean Regional Vice Chair
Stéphane Ciccione France - La Réunion East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Nicole Esteban Chagos East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Mike Izava Kenya East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Cristina Louro Mozambique East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Jeanne A. Mortimer Seychelles East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Anfani Ms.Oili Comoros East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Ronel Nel South Africa East Africa / West Indian Ocean Regional Vice Chair
Casper Van De Geer United Kingdom East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Lindsey West Tanzania East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Jess Williams Mozambique East Africa / West Indian Ocean Member
Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma Germany East Africa / West Indian Ocean and East Asia Member
Simon Kin-Fung Chan Hong Kong East Asia Member
I-Jiunn Cheng Taiwan, ROC East Asia Member
Chialing FONG Taiwan, ROC East Asia Member
Emi Inoguchi Japan East Asia Member
Takashi Ishihara Japan East Asia Regional Vice Chair
Naoki Kamezaki Japan East Asia Member
Isao Kawazu Japan East Asia Member
Satomi Kondo Japan East Asia Member
Tsung-Hsien Li Taiwan, ROC East Asia Member
Min Liu China East Asia Member
Yoshimasa Matsuzawa Japan East Asia Member
Dae-Yeon Moon South Korea East Asia Member
Ka Yan Connie Ng Hong Kong East Asia Regional Vice Chair
Tomomi Saito Japan East Asia Member
Hai-Tao Shi China East Asia Member
Jerry Jiahao Song China East Asia Member
Jing Wang China East Asia Member
Frederick Yeh China East Asia Member
Zhong-Rong Xia China East Asia Member
Asuka Ishizaki United States of America East Asia & Oceania Member
Marino Abrego Panama East Pacific Member
Alberto Abreu-Grobois Mexico East Pacific Member
Rocio Alvarez Chile East Pacific Member
Diego Amorocho Colombia East Pacific Member
Randall Arauz Costa Rica East Pacific Member
Jorge Lorenzo Azócar Rangel Chile East Pacific Member
Ana Rebeca Barragán Mexico East Pacific Member
Michelle María Early Capistrán Mexico East Pacific Member
Didiher Chacón Costa Rica East Pacific Member
Nelly De Paz Campos Peru East Pacific Member
Carlos Delgado-Trejo Mexico East Pacific Regional Vice Chair
Peter Dutton United States of America East Pacific Member
Alexander Gaos United States of America East Pacific Member
Martha Harfush Mexico East Pacific Member
Catherine Hart Mexico East Pacific Member
Maike Heidemeyer Costa Rica East Pacific Member
Ana Vilma Henriquez El Salvador East Pacific Member
Arturo Juarez Mexico East Pacific Member
Shaleyla Kelez Peru East Pacific Regional Vice Chair
Michael Liles El Salvador East Pacific Member
Israel Llamas Mexico East Pacific Member
Agnese Mancini Italy / Mexico East Pacific Member
Jeffrey Mangel Peru East Pacific Member
Cristina Miranda Ecuador East Pacific Member
Colum Muccio Guatemala East Pacific Member
Juan Pablo Muñoz Ecuador East Pacific Member
Mariela Pajuelo Peru East Pacific Member
Frank Paladino United States of America East Pacific Member
Rotney Piedra Costa Rica East Pacific Member
Javier Quiñones Peru East Pacific Member
Juan Manuel Rguez-Baron Colombia East Pacific Regional Vice Chair
Jacinto Rodríguez Panama East Pacific Member
Paula Salinas Chile East Pacific Member
Adriana Laura Sarti Mexico East Pacific Member
Jeffrey Seminoff United States of America East Pacific Member
Joanna Alfaro Shigueto Peru East Pacific Member
George Shillinger United States of America East Pacific Member
José Ricardo Urteaga Nicaragua East Pacific Member
Felipe Vallejo Ecuador East Pacific Member
Ximena Vélez-Zuazo Peru East Pacific Member
Bryan Wallace United States of America East Pacific Red List Focal Point
Patricia Zarate Ecuador / Chile East Pacific Member
Alan Zavala Mexico East Pacific Member
Veronica Caceres United States of America East Pacific & North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Mustapha Aksissou Morocco Mediterranean Member
Thomas Arapis Greece Mediterranean Member
Ali Badreddine Lebanon Mediterranean Member
Mouloud Benabdi Algeria Mediterranean Member
Abeer Bilbeesi Jordan Mediterranean Member
Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai Tunisia Mediterranean Member
Olivier Brunel Monaco Mediterranean Member
Juan A. Camiñas Spain Mediterranean Member
Luis Cardona Spain Mediterranean Member
Carlos Carreras Spain Mediterranean Member
Paolo Casale Italy Mediterranean Co-Chair
Françoise Claro France Mediterranean Member
Simon Demetropoulos Cyprus Mediterranean Member
Daniela Freggi Italy Mediterranean Member
Wayne Fuller Cyprus Mediterranean Member
Sandra Hochscheid Italy Mediterranean Regional Vice Chair
Imed Jribi Tunisia Mediterranean Regional Vice Chair
Yakup Kaska Turkey Mediterranean Regional Vice Chair
Bojan Lazar Croatia Mediterranean Member
Yaniv Levi Israel Mediterranean Member
Fulvio Mafucci Italy Mediterranean Member
Dimitris Margaritoulis Greece Mediterranean Member
Angela Mastrogiacomo Cyprus Mediterranean Member
Carmen Mifsud Malta Mediterranean Member
Ayşe Oruç Turkey Mediterranean Member
Aliki Panagopoulou Greece Mediterranean Regional Vice Chair
Mariluz Parga Spain Mediterranean Member
Vilma Piroli Albania Mediterranean Member
Jesús Tomás Spain Mediterranean Member
Oguz Turkozan Turkey Mediterranean Member
Lily Venizelos Greece Mediterranean Member
Abdulmaula Hamza Libya Mediterranean & Australasia Member
Umaira Ahmed Maldives Middle East & South Asia Member
Hind Al Ameri United Arab Emirates Middle East & South Asia Member
Suaad Al Harthi Oman Middle East & South Asia Member
Thuraya Al Sariri Oman Middle East & South Asia Member
Robert Baldwin Oman Middle East & South Asia Member
Mark Chatting Qatar Middle East & South Asia Member
Binod Chandra Choudhury India Middle East & South Asia Member
Himansu Das United Arab Emirates Middle East & South Asia Member
Lalith Ekanayake Sri Lanka Middle East & South Asia Member
Islam Elsadek Egypt Middle East & South Asia Member
Zahirul Islam Bangladesh Middle East & South Asia Member
Nupur Kale India Middle East & South Asia Member
Thushan Kapurusinghe Sri Lanka Middle East & South Asia Member
Muhammad Moazzam Khan Pakistan Middle East & South Asia Member
Suresh Kumar India Middle East & South Asia Member
Rommel Maneja Saudi Arabia Middle East & South Asia Member
Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan India Middle East & South Asia Regional Vice Chair
Yohannes Mebrahtu Eritrea Middle East & South Asia Member
Jeffrey Miller Saudi Arabia Middle East & South Asia Member
Asghar Mobaraki Iran Middle East & South Asia Member
Andrea D. Phillott India Middle East & South Asia Regional Vice Chair
Rupika Rajakaruna Sri Lanka Middle East & South Asia Member
ALan Rees United Kingdom Middle East & South Asia Regional Vice Chair
Clara Jimena Rodriguez United Arab Emirates Middle East & South Asia Member
Kartik Shanker India Middle East & South Asia Member
Martin Stelfox United Kingdom Middle East & South Asia Member
Adhith Swaminathan India Middle East & South Asia Member
Basudev Tripathy India Middle East & South Asia Member
Andrew Willson Oman Middle East & South Asia Member
Maïa Sarrouf Willson Oman Middle East & South Asia Member
Fadi Yaghmour United Arab Emirates Middle East & South Asia Member
Julia Azanza Ricardo Cuba North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Ashleigh Bandimere United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Communications & Membership Officer
Hector Barrios-Garrido Venezuela / United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Karen Bjorndal United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Janice Blumenthal Cayman Islands North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Annette Broderick United Kingdom North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Annabelle Brooks Bahamas North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Pat Burchfield United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Raymond R. Carthy United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Simona Ceriani United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Eduardo Cuevas Mexico North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Regional Vice Chair
Florence Dellamico France North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Carlos E. Diez Puerto Rico North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Andrew DiMatteo United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Karen Eckert United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Scott Alan Eckert United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Sopheia Edghill Guyana North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Mariana Fuentes United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Marco Garcia Cruz Venezuela North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
David Godfrey United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Brendan Godley United Kingdom North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Hedelvy J. Guada M. Venezuela North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Joana Hancock Portugal North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Jane Hardwick Cayman Islands North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Michael Hiwat Suriname North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Julia Horrocks Barbados North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Brendan Hurley United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Brian Hutchinson United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Program Officer
Mike James Canada North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Laurent Kelle French Guiana North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Mathilde Lasfargue French Guiana North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Ann Marie Lauritsen United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Kate Mansfield United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Roderic Mast United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Co-Chair
Sara Maxwell United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Anne Meylan United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Felix Guillermo Moncada Gavilan Cuba North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Cynthia C. Muñoz The Netherlands North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Michel Nalovic French Guiana North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Regional Vice Chair
Nicolas Paranthoen Martinique and Guadeloupe North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Joseph Pfaller United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Pamela Plotkin United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Rebecca Regnery United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Policy Task Force Chair
Peter Richardson United Kingdom North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Barbara A. Schroeder United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Kaj Schut Bonaire (The Netherlands) North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Linda Searle Belize North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Jesse Senko United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Donna Shaver United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Rachel Smith United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Brian Stacy United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Todd Steiner United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Frank Urtizberea St. Pierre & Miquelon (France) North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Roldan Valverde Costa Rica North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Richard van der Wal Aruba North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Sietske van der Wal Aruba North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Frederic Vandeperre Azores (Portugal) North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Soraya Wijntuin Suriname North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Natalie Wildermann Venezuela North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Blair Witherington United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
Jeanette Wyneken United States of America North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Member
George Balazs United States of America Oceania Regional Vice Chair
Aisake Batibasaga Fiji Oceania Member
Mayeul Dalleau French Polynesia Oceania Member
Richard Farman New Caledonia (France) Oceania Member
Cécile Gaspar French Polynesia (France) Oceania Member
Eric Gilman United States of America Oceania Member
Daniel Godoy New Zealand Oceania Member
Jessy Hadpei Northern Mariana Islands (USA) Oceania Member
Stacy Hargrove United States of America Oceania Member
Francis Hickey Vanuatu Oceania Member
Laura Jim United States of America Oceania Member
Irene Kelly United States of America Oceania Member
Jeffrey Kinch Papua New Guinea Oceania Member
Michael McCoy United States of America Oceania Member
Denise Parker United States of America Oceania Regional Vice Chair
Susanna Piovano Fiji Oceania Member
Shritika Prakash Fiji Oceania Member
Marc Rice United States of America Oceania Member
Melissa Snover American Samoa (USA) Oceania Member
Miri Tatarata French Polynesia (France) Oceania Member
Juney Ward Samoa Oceania Member
Michael White Cook Islands Oceania Member
Thierry Work United States of America Oceania Regional Vice Chair
Paulo Barata Brazil Southwest Atlantic Member
Claudio Bellini Brazil Southwest Atlantic Member
Andrés Estrades Uruguay Southwest Atlantic Member
Alejandro Fallabrino Uruguay Southwest Atlantic Regional Vice Chair
Bruno de Barros Giffoni Brazil Southwest Atlantic Member
Cecilia Lezama Uruguay Southwest Atlantic Member
Gustave Gilles Lopez Brazil Southwest Atlantic Member
Maria (Neca) Marcovaldi Brazil Southwest Atlantic Regional Vice Chair
Maria de los Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu Brazil Southwest Atlantic Member
Danielle Monteiro Brazil Southwest Atlantic Member
Laura Prosdocimi Argentina Southwest Atlantic Member
Luciana Medeiros Silva Brasil Southwest Atlantic Member
João Carlos Alciati Thomé Brazil Southwest Atlantic Regional Vice Chair
Sarah Vargas Brasil Southwest Atlantic Member
Gabriela Vélez Rubio Uruguay Southwest Atlantic Member
Pierre Didier Agamboue Gabon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Andrews Agyekumhene Ghana West Africa / East Atlantic Regional Vice Chair
Phil Allman United States of America West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Hyacinthe Angoni Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Edward Aruna Sierra Leone West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Isidore Ayissi Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Francois Boussamba Gabon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Marlène Djoumessi Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Joséa Dossou-Bodjrenou Benin West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Rogerio Ferreira São Tomé & Príncipe West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Angela Formia Italy West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Jacques Fretey France West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Alexandre Girard France West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Marc Girondot France West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Carmen Kouerey Gabon West Africa / East Atlantic Regional Vice Chair
Churley Manfoumbi Gabon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Adolfo Marco Cabo Verde West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Samir Martins Cabo Verde West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Jesus Mba Mba Ayetebe Equatorial Guinea West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Miguel Morais Angola West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Rodric Xavier Ndounteng Ndjamo Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Cedrick Fogwan Nguedia Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Eddy Nnanga Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Nathalie (Breheret) Mianseko Ntondele Congo, Republic of the West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Jacob Nzegoue Gabon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Ana Rita Patricio United Kingdom West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Jose Gomez Peñate Côte d'Ivoire West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Vladimir Russo Angola West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Trokon Saykpa Liberia West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto Togo West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Aristide Takoukam Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Regional Vice Chair
Albert Taxonera Amoros Cabo Verde West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Joël Wamba Tchinda Cameroon West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Manjula Tiwari United States of America West Africa / East Atlantic Member
Sara Vieira São Tomé & Príncipe West Africa / East Atlantic Member