Vincent Gallucci

Vincent Gallucci is a professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; adjunct in the Jackson School and the School for Marine Affairs and is director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife. His research focus is the management of fishery resources in developing countries and upon coldwater fisheries in the Bering/Arctic seas. He has experience in Russia and published in the Russian Fisheries Science literature. He will help develop the scientific / political aspects of the Russian Federation's perspective in the Arctic debate. He has taught with a colleague a course on marine policy for over ten years. He serves on a Arctic Biodiversity Assessment team appointed by the Arctic Council helping represent diversity in both Arctic ecosystems and marine fishes. This will help establish a baseline for change that may occur due to global climatic or anthropomorphic factors. For more information: www.fish.washington.edu/people/gallucci/.

Julie Gourley

Julie Gourley is the Senior Arctic Official of the United States and is the U.S. representative to the Arctic Council. She handles the State Department’s Arctic portfolio covering the wide range of U.S. foreign policy interests in the Arctic. Prior to her current position in the Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, she spent five years in the State Department’s Office of Environmental Policy where her portfolio covered hazardous waste and chemicals issues including the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Montreal Protocol. She came to the State Department from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she spent twelve years covering chemicals issues, hazardous waste trade and domestic climate change programs. Before her twenty years of government service, Ms. Gourley spent several years at both the Urban Institute and the National Council for Urban Economic Development concentrating on domestic urban issues. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA.

Kelsey Barrett

Major: International Studies
Minor: Political Science
I am interested in the governance of the Arctic region because it is an emerging issue in international studies, attracting political attention and spurring competition among countries vying for ownership of newly exposed natural resources. Having read Elinor Ostrom’s Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, this Task Force interests me, from a conceptual standpoint, as a critical, real-life, common pool resource situation. I want to see what institutional arrangement of rules or laws could be devised to incentivize individuals and groups towards productive, cooperative and mutually beneficial ends.

Scott Halliday
Major: International Studies, Pre-Med
Minor: Global Health
I am interested in exploring how the intersection between Arctic governance, indigenous rights, and climate change contributes to the determinants of health for people living in the Arctic region. How can international policy and governance lead to the best health outcomes for people living in this strategical Arctic region? I am very excited to travel to Ottawa and to learn as much as possible about Arctic governance!

Colleen Kennedy

Major: International Studies; Foreign Peace, Security, and Diplomacy
I am an International Studies major focusing on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. Within our Task Force, I am researching the possibilities, benefits, and consequences of the Arctic Council accepting the European Union as a permanent observer. I am working to discover what, if any, sovereign power the Arctic Council could gain by collaborating with non-Arctic states and international organizations. My person career goals include receiving a Masters degree in Public Policy and working as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer. 

Monica Chahary
Major: International Studies, Comparative History of Ideas
Minor: Slavic Languages
My interest in the Arctic revolves predominately around Indigenous peoples and how they exercise their sovereignty and goverance over a region where they have lived for hundreds of years. The focus for my chapter in our Taskforce report is on food security and how it relates to cultural integrity and sovereignty. I'm second generation Polish-American and, outside living in Poland breifly, I was raised mostly in a small farming town in Western Washington. I'm excited to explore more about Canada and the Arctic!

Griffith Couser
Major: International Studies: Security & Foreign Policy
I am thrilled to be able to study the Arctic region and interview experts on a variety of issues. Of particular interest to me is Arctic security issues. I am researching how military assets can be used to promote greater cooperation between nations, and aid in essential functions like disaster response and search and rescue, among others. I am interested in finding perspectives and insights about the militarization of the region, and hopefully finding ways to prevent conflict and unnecessary military build-ups. I am also interested in the Arctic Council and how it can be transformed into a better tool to address these issues.

Kitty Gordon
Communications Director, Makivik Corporation
I was born and raised in the small community of Kuujjuaq. The first time I saw the city of Montreal I was eight and it had an impact on me in a way that made me realize just how big the world really is. I remember being amazed at how tall the buildings were, how there was numerous cars and how many different ethnicities I saw. The way I saw the world had changed forever. Being a part of this task force is also changing the way I see the Arctic, my home. I feel privileged to be able to work with the UW professors and students.

Ahnalee Herke

Major: International Studies, Political Science
I am researching commercial maritime activity and shipping in the Arctic. I am particularly interested in how governance of the Arctic will affect shipping and what cooperative measures the Arctic nations and international organizations are taking to provide an adequate regulatory
framework for commercial maritime activity in the Arctic. On a personal note, I’m of German and Swedish decent and I grew up on a farm in Eastern Washington.

Lauren Hruska
Major: International Studies: Foreign Policy
I am absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to not only work on a task force tackling Arctic governance, but for the privilege of traveling to Ottawa, an experience that will surely enrich and strengthen our research. Due to climate change, dramatic changes have been and are currently affecting the Arctic, one of which is the decreased amount and thickness of ice in the area known as the Northwest Passage. I am currently researching the Northwest Passage and the implications globally of a significantly shorter sea route that connects the Atlantic to the Pacific. I am formulating recommendations specifically in terms of what Canada and the United State's roles will be, perhaps bilateral or multilateral, in terms of protecting the fragile Arctic ecosystem due to the likelihood of increased transportation, shipping, and resource extraction.

Lisa Koperqualuk

Major: Political Science
I am an advisor at Makivik Corporation based in Quebec City. I am finishing up my Master's degree in Anthropology at Laval University. I obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in Montreal and began working for Makivik Corporation in 2002 in the communications department. I took a two year leave of absence to research my interest in anthropology, which relates to religious and political dynamics of her community of birth, Puvirnituq. My present
research for the Task Force on Arctic Governance is focused on education in the Arctic and bringing recognition of maqaittiitiuniq, Inuit hunters, fishers and trappers, as a profession.

Dominic Maltais

Major: International Studies
Minor: Latin American Studies
Being a French Canadian (from Québec city) and having developed a particular interest for Indigenous politics, I am focusing my research for this Task Force on Québec and its initiatives in terms of cooperation with Inuit and Cree communities.

Kelly Miller

Majors: International Studies, Euro Studies, and Germanics
I am focusing my research on the development of land claims agreements as a promising model of resource co-management, community-based governance, and sovereignty-sharing structures in the Arctic. Nunavut as a case study demonstrates how internal public administration coupled with jurisdiction over settlement lands can yield positive results for peace, stability, and human security in the region. I am originally from Portland, OR and study International Studies, European Studies, and Germanics; my Jackson School "track" is Ethnicities and Nationalities.

Kim Selling

Major: International Studies -- Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, International Peace & Security
I am fascinated by cultural misappropriation and the impact of local sovereignty, and I plan on delving into the public education and health sectors of the region and exploring how these communities could be better served by their government. I come from a Latvian background, so my interest in the Arctic region is not just intellectual; I would love to see firsthand how Northern communities are dealing with current issues and apply that experience to my own knowledge of the region.