The Secretariat of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), which includes over 100 organizations around the world, is based in Washington, DC. The ASOC Council includes the 30 member groups that have paid dues or provided significant in-kind services to the ASOC campaign team.

Jim Barnes Executive Director. A co-founder of ASOC in 1978, Jim received his BA at Northwestern in 1966 and his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1970. Currently living in Villamblard, France, Jim has devoted the past thirty-eight years to working with environmental organizations around the world. He received the International Environmentalist of the Year award from the National Wildlife Federation in 1991, the Order of the Golden Ark from the Dutch Royal Family’s foundation in 1998, and the Sierra Club’s Earth Care award in 2004.

Claire Christian, Assistant to the Director. Claire is presently pursuing an M.A. in International Affairs at American University, School of International Service, and expects to graduate in May 2008. She worked as Program Assistant at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington, DC from December 2003 – May 2006.

Deidre Zoll, Assistant to the Director. Deidre’s academic background is in Environmental Policy and Planning, and she is currently pursuing an M.A. in Global Environmental Politics at American University. Previously she worked as an Administrative Secretary at the University of Alaska Anchorage and then as an Undergraduate Admissions Counselor and Recruiter at Alaska Pacific University.


ASOC Board of Directors


Chair:
Gerry Leape, Pew Charitable Trusts, USA, GLeape@pewtrusts.org

Vice-Chair:
Denise Boyd, Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia d.boyd@acfonline.org.au


Treasurer:
Adam Blakester, Australia,  adam@paradigmplay.net

At-Large Members:

Juan Carlos Cardenas, Centro Ecoceanos, Chile ecoceanos@ecoceanos.cl


William Eichbaum, World Wide Fund, USA, bill.eichbaum@wwfus.org

Marco Favero, University of Mar del Plata, Argentina faro@copetel.com.ar

John Grandy, Humane Society of the US, blkduck@ix.netcom.com

Michael Hirshfield, Oceana, USA, mhirshfield@oceana.org


Michele Perrault, Sierra Club, USA, Michele.Perrault@sierraclub.org


Shane Rattenbury, Greenpeace International, Netherlands, shane.rattenbury@int.greenpeace.org


Barry Weeber, New Zealand, ecowatch@paradise.net.nz

Of Counsel:

David J. Bederman, USA, lawdjb@law.emory.edu