Commission Chair
Kristen Walker Painemilla has been with Conserva- tion International (CI) for over 20 years; she is Senior Vice President and Managing Director the Center for Communities and ...
CEESP Steering Committee Members

The CEESP Steering Committee is appointed according to the IUCN Statutes and Regulations and assists the Chair and Deputy Chair in guiding and coordinating the activities of the Commission.
Kristen WALKER-PAINEMILLA
Ameyali RAMOS
Commission Deputy Chair.
Ameyali Ramos is currently the Deputy Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). Ameyali has more than 20 years of experience working ...
Luc BAS
Regional Vice Chair, Europe.
Currently Luc is Head of Coordination, Networks and Strategy for the European Environment Agency Before that Luc was the Director of the IUCN European Regional Office ...
Neil DAWSON
Theme on Human Wellbeing & Sustainable Livelihoods.
My research focuses on the forms of governance which may align with local communities’ values, perceptions of fairness and minimise tradeoffs ...
Ritu DHINGRA
Regional Vice Chair, East and Southern Asia.
Dr. Ritu Dhingra is the Regional Vice Chair, East and Southern Asia- IUCN CEESP (International Union for Conservation of Nature -Commission on ...
Elise HUFFER
Regional Vice Chair, Oceania.
Elise’s interests and work are in the areas of culture, conservation and development and the relationships between them in Oceania. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor ...
Mahnaz KADHEMI
Regional Vice Chair, West Asia.
Mahnaz Kadhemi is a member of the Environmental Citizenship Program, one of Bahrain Women Association for Human Development’s programs. She joined IUCN in 2002 ...
Maria MORENO DE LOS RÍOS
Regional Vice Chair, Meso & South America.
Spanish-Ecuadorian environmental biologist with more than 15 years of experience in international development work, with emphasis on socio-environmental and ...
Emmanuel NUESIRI
Natural Resource Governance Framework.
Dr. Emmanuel Nuesiri, is an Associate Lecturer at the African Leadership University (ALU) Mauritius. He holds a bachelors' degree in Environmental Science from ...
Michael PAINTER
Regional Vice Chair, North America.
Michael Painter is an ecological anthropologist, with a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. His long-term research interests have focused on the social and ...
Jacob PARK
Theme on Economics and Regenerative Finance.
Jacob Park is Associate Professor in Castleton University’s College of Business who specializes in the social and environmental dimensions of innovation ...
Galeo SAINTZ
Chair, Task Force on Migration, Environmental Change and Conflict.
Galeo Saintz is an independent conservation, trails and environmental peace practitioner and leader. He is founder and co-founder of ...
Jennifer CORPUZ
Chair, Indigenous People & Environment.
I am Indigenous woman from the Kankanaey Igorot People of Besao, Mountain Province in the Philippines. I am a lawyer by profession, having obtained my Bachelor ...
Melanie ZURBA
Chair, Theme on Governance, Equity and Rights.
Professor Zurba’s work focuses on projects that are developed and implemented in collaboration with communities. Professor Zurba has worked ...
Iben MUNCK
Executive Officer.
Iben Munck is the Executive Officer for IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy, as well as Executive and Communications Manager for Conservation ...
Monipher MUSASA
Regional Vice Chair, CEESP Africa.
Growing up in a community that lived outside a protected area, Monipher has from a young age, learnt to appreciate the rich biodiversity of her country, Malawi ...
Swetha STOTRA BHASHYAM
Chair - IUCN CEESP Young Professional.
Swetha Stotra Bhashyam is the Global South Focal Point of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN). GYBN is a youth network of more than 1 million members ...