Consultative Committee of Experts of the IAC
Composition of the Consultative Committee of Experts (April 2022-2024):
Argentina
Débora Jessica Winter
Advisor National Direction for Water and Aquatic Ecosystems Management
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Nation
E-mail: dwinter@ambiente.gob.ar
Tel: +54 11 4348-8325
Belice
Alicia Eck-Nunez
Fisheries Officer
Belize Fisheries Department
E-mail: alicia.nunez@fisheries.gov.bz 
Brazil
Joao Thome
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)
E-mail: joao.thome@icmbio.gov.br
Caribbean Netherlands
Kaj Schut
Manager
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire
E-mail: stcb@bonaireturtles.org
Costa Rica
Rotney Piedra
Wilderness Protected Areas
Tempisque Conservation Area
Conservation Areas National System
Ministry of Environment and Energy
E-mail: rotney.piedra@sinac.go.cr

José Miguel Carvajal
Biologist - Research Department
Costa Rica Fishing and Aquaculture Institute - INCOPESCA
E-mail: jcarvajal@incopesca.go.cr
Chile
Paula Andrea Salinas Cisternas
Marine Biologist
Professional University Arturo Prat
E-mail: paula.salinasc@gmail.com
paulasal@unap.cl
Dominican Republic
Sixto J. Inchaustegui
E-mail: sixtojinchaustegui@yahoo.com
Tel 1 (809) 8805111
Ecuador
Víctor Chocho
Biologist
Direction of Biodiversity
Natural Patrimony Undersecretariat
Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition
E-mail:victor.chocho@ambiente.gob.ec
Tel. fax: +593 5 2526 189

Advisor
Beatriz Ladines Villamar
Biologist
E-mail:beatriz.ladines@ambiente.gob.ec

Advisor
Eduardo Ramón Espinoza Herrera
Biologist, M.Sc.
Galapagos National Park
E-mail: eespinoza@galapagos.gob.ec
Guatemala
Airam Andrea López Roulet
Head of the Hydrobiological Resources Section
National Council of Protected Areas Consejo
Nacional de Áreas Protegidas -CONAP-
E-mail: airam.lopez@conap.gob.gt
hidrobiologicosconap@gmail.com
Honduras
Sandy Carolina Pereira
Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
E-mail: sandypereira@miambiente.gob.hn
México
CCE Chair
Jose Eduardo Ponce Guevara
Head of the Office for Priority Species for Species at Risk and Species Conservation Programs General Direction of the Regional Operation National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
E-mail: jponce@conanp.gob.mx
Tel (55) 54497000 ext. 17255

Country Delegate
Vicente Guzmán Hernández
Coordinator of Isla Aguada Sea Turtle Camp. APFF Laguna de Términos, Campeche.
Hawksbill Project Coordinator
National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
E-mail: guzman.vicente@gmail.com
Tel (55) 54497000 ext. 19307

Advisor
M.Sc. Adriana Laura Sarti Martínez
Coordinator of the National Program for Sea Turtle Conservation.
Coordinator of the Leatherback Project.
National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
E-mail: lsarti@conanp.gob.mx
Tel (55) 54497000 ext. 17163

Advisor
Santos Roberto Hernández López
Living Marine Resources Deputy Director
General Direction for Global Issues
Foreign Affairs Secretariat
E-mail: shernandez@sre.gob.mx
Tel. (55) 36865100 ext. 7242

Advisor
Athziri Carmona Sánchez
National Program for Sea Turtle Conservation
National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
E-mail: acarmona@conanp.gob.mx
Panamá
Marino Eugenio Abrego
Jefe del Departamento de Manejo de Recursos Costeros y Marinos
Dirección de Costas y Mares
Ministerio de Ambiente de Panamá
E-mail:meabrego@miambiente.gob.pa
Perú
Rosa Editch Ñahui Saccaco
Climate Change, Fisheries and Aquaculture Biodiversity Direction
Vice-Ministerial Office for Fisheries and Aquaculture
Ministry of Production (PRODUCE)
E-mail: dccbpa_temp03@produce.gob.pe
United States
Ann Marie Lauritsen
Program Officer Marine Turtle Conservation Fund US-FWS Division of International Conservation within the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
E-mail: annmarie_lauritsen@fws.gov
Uruguay
Cecilia Lezama
DINARA
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
E-mail: clezama@mgap.gub.uy
Venezuela
Sectorial Members (Term 2022 – 2026)
Scientific Sector:
Argentina
Laura Prosdocimi
Researcher
Laboratorio de Ecología, Comportamiento y Mamíferos Marinos (LECyMM)
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET)
E-mail: lprosdo@yahoo.com.ar
Brazil
Maria Ângela Azevedo Guagni dei Marcovaldi
Director
Fundação Centro Brasileiro de Proteção e Pesquisa das Tartarugas Marinhas (TAMAR)
E-mail: neca@tamar.org.br
United States
Bryan Wallace
Director
Ecolibrium-INC
E-mail: bryan@ecolibrium-inc.com 
Peru (Substitute)
Nelly de Paz Campos
Aguas Costeras y Recursos Marinos (ACOREMA)
E-mail: nellydepaz@yahoo.com
nellydepazcampos@gmail.com
Non-Governmental Organizations Sector (NGO):
Colombia
Diego Amorocho
Director
Centro de Investigación para el Manejo Ambiental y el Desarrollo-CIMAD
E-mail: amorocho.diego@gmail.com
United States
Rebecca Regnery
Senior Director of Wildlife
Humane Society International
E-mail: rregnery@hsi.org
Costa Rica
Monica Gamboa Poveda
Director
Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre (ACRXS)
E-mail: mgamboa@costaricaporsiempre.org

Luis Fonseca López
Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre (ACRXS)
E-mail: lfonseca@costaricaporsiempre.org
United States (Substitute)
Daniel Evans
Sea Turtle Conservancy
E-mail: drevans@conserveturtles.org
Industry:
México
Miguel Ángel Chaidez González
Delegado Nacional
Cámara Nacional de las Industrias Pesquera y Acuícola de México/ CANAINPESCA
Pesquera Isla de la Guardia
E-mail: miguelitochaidez@hotmail.com
Perú
Nina Pardo Antúnez de Mayolo
Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería
E-mail: ninapardoperu@gmail.com
Brazil
Eduardo Kantz
Director de Relaciones Institucionales y Sustentabilidad
PRUMO - Grupo económico empresarial responsable de Porto do Açu
E-mail: eduardo.kantz@prumologistica.com.br
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