Officers and Chairs
IFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT

SARA CANNON
Centre for Indigenous Fisheries,
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
University of British Columbia
2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
s.cannon@oceans.ubc.ca
PRESIDENT-ELECT

HOLLY EMBKE
U.S. Geological Survey
Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
TREASURER

PAUL SIMONIN
Cornell University
215 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
ph: +1 315 629 9524
SECRETARY

GRETCHEN STOKES
U.S. Geological Survey
National Climate Adaptation Center
Oak Ridge Institute or Science and Education
University of Florida
Gainsville, Florida, USA
COMMITTEE CHAIR – IFS FELLOW PROGRAM

SPENCER WEINSTEIN
University of Waterloo, Canada
200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR

ANNE BRIGETTE LEDESMA
University Research Associate
Institute of Fisheries Policy and Development Studies
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of the Philippines Visayas
PAST-PRESIDENT

LUIZ SILVA, PhD
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
ETH-Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Laura-Hezner-Weg 7, 8093, Züric
PAST-PRESIDENT

ELIZABETH NYBOER
Virginia Tech
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Blacksburg, VA, USA
PAST-PRESIDENT

ANDREA REID
Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, University of British Columbia
2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada
PAST-PRESIDENT

KARIN LIMBURG
249 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-470-6741
klimburg@esf.edu
PAST-SECRETARY

THIAGO COTTA RIBEIRO
Federal Center for Technological Education
Minas Gerais, BR
PAST-SECRETARY

EVA SALAS, PhD
Costa Rica Project Manager/Fisheries Biologist at FISHBIO
519 Seabright Avenue, Suite 208, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
PAST-SECRETARY

ERIN LOURY
Communications Director and Fisheries Biologist at FISHBIO
519 Seabright Avenue, Suite 208, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
PAST-TREASURER

DANIELLE REICH
Shoal’s Edge Consulting
2982 SW Vittorio St.
Port St. Lucie, FL 34953
WEBMASTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER

COLE MACLEOD
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ONT KIS 5B6