People

All members of the SSC biodiversity post-2020 task force are listed here. To find out more, click on the names or photos.

Philip McGowan

  • Task force chair; senior lecturer at Newcastle University

Jorge Ahumada

  • Conservation International

Neil Burgess

  • Chief Scientist, UN WCMC

Stuart Butchart

  • Chief Scientist, BirdLife International

Wendy Elliott

  • Deputy Leader of the Wildlife Practice, WWF-International

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias

  • Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia

Piero Genovesi

  • ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)

Jean Harris

  • Executive Director, Wildoceans

Ian Harrison

  • Freshwater Specialist, Moore Center for Science, Conservation International

Sean Hoban

  • Tree Conservation Biologist, The Morton Arboretum

Rahul Kaul

  • Vice President and Chief of Conservation, Wildlife Trust of India

Caroline M. Lees

  • Program Officer, IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group

Catherine Machalaba

  • Policy Advisor, EcoHealth Alliance

Louise Mair

  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Newcastle University

David Mallon

  • Special Advisor to the Species Survival Commission

Domitilla Raimondo

  • Threatened Species Unit Manager, South African National Biodiversity Institute

Dilys Roe

  • International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Mary Seddon

  • Chair, IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group

Xiaoli Shen

  • Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS)

Dr Paul Smith

  • Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)

Bruce Young

  • Chief Zoologist and Senior Conservation Scientist, NatureServe