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Michael Sfraga
Director, Polar Institute // Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program
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Ambassador David Balton
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute // Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State
Evan T. Bloom
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute;
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries and Director for Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries and Director for Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Jack Durkee
Program Associate, Polar Institute // Manager, Arctic Infrastructure Inventory
Marisol Maddox
Arctic Analyst, Polar Institute
Michaela Stith
Program Assistant, Polar Institute;
Author of Welp: Climate Change & Arctic Identities, publishing April 2021
Author of Welp: Climate Change & Arctic Identities, publishing April 2021
Global Fellows
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Sherri Goodman
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program;
Former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)
Former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)
Betsy Baker
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Principal, Baker Arctic Consulting
Principal, Baker Arctic Consulting
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Anne-Marie Brady
Global Fellow, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States & Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Professor, University of Canterbury and Executive Editor of The Polar Journal
Professor, University of Canterbury and Executive Editor of The Polar Journal
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Lawson Brigham
Fellow, Polar Institute;
Distinguished Resarch Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Distinguished Resarch Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Peter Carey
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Director, SubAntarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research
Director, SubAntarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research
Peter Davies
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Director Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories
Director Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories
Alf Håkon Hoel
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Professor of Ocean Law and Policy, College of Fisheries Science, University of Tromsø - the Arctic University of Norway; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Marine Research
Professor of Ocean Law and Policy, College of Fisheries Science, University of Tromsø - the Arctic University of Norway; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Marine Research
Randy Kee
Global Fellow;
Major General, USAF (Retired); Executive Director, Arctic Domain Awareness Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
Major General, USAF (Retired); Executive Director, Arctic Domain Awareness Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
David M. Kennedy
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Senior Policy Advisor for the Arctic Region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (retired)
Senior Policy Advisor for the Arctic Region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (retired)
Katarina Kertysova
Global Fellow;
Policy Fellow, European Leadership Network (ELN)
Policy Fellow, European Leadership Network (ELN)
Tina Pidgeon
Global Fellow;
Principal, Tina Pidgeon Strategies
Principal, Tina Pidgeon Strategies
Jim Townsend
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Council, Center for a New American Security; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Council, Center for a New American Security; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO
Tero Vauraste
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Chief Executive Officer, Mariadi Ltd; Arctic Circle Emissary; Chairman, Finnish Arctic Society; Senior Advisor, Iceye Ltd.; Advisory Board Member, Finnish Life Boat Institute
Chief Executive Officer, Mariadi Ltd; Arctic Circle Emissary; Chairman, Finnish Arctic Society; Senior Advisor, Iceye Ltd.; Advisory Board Member, Finnish Life Boat Institute
Ross A. Virginia
Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies within the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies within the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Hon. Kenneth S. Yalowitz
Global Fellow, Kennan Institute & Global Fellow, Polar Institute;
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus from 1994-1997 and to Georgia from 1998-2001; former Career Diplomat and Member of the Senior Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State; former Director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus from 1994-1997 and to Georgia from 1998-2001; former Career Diplomat and Member of the Senior Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State; former Director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College
Taylor Holshouser
Researcher, Polar Institute;
Director of Business Development, Alaska Ocean Cluster
Director of Business Development, Alaska Ocean Cluster