Governance
The Snow Leopard Network Steering Committee is the executive and policy making body of the Network. The Steering Committee consists of seven members and one Chair. Six members of the Steering Committee and the Chair are elected by the membership and the other is filled by the Executive Director. The term of office for Steering Committee members and Chair is three years (see SLN by-laws for further details). The current Steering Committee members and chair took up their positions on 1 January 2024. The Steering Committee may establish Working Groups to address specific issues.
Steering Committee (2024 – 2026)
Committee Chair: Sandro Lovari (Italy)
Committee member: Justine Shanti Alexander (Mongolia)
Committee member: Shoaib Hameed (Pakistan)
Committee member: Yanlin Liu (China)
Committee member: Dechen Lham (Bhutan/Switerland)
Committee member: Ranjini Murali (Germany)
Committee member: Orjan Johansson (Sweden)
Executive Director: Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolia)
Program Coordinator: Rakhee Karumbaya (India)
Current Working Groups
- Registration Working Group: Dan Prain
- Communication Working Group: Flavia Franchini
Previous SLN Steering Committee Officers
2021 -2023
- Committee Chair: Sandro Lovari (Italy)
- Committee Member: Belinda Wright (India)
- Committee Member: Madhu Chetri (Nepal)
- Committee Member: Purevjav Lkhagvajav (Mongolia)
- Committee Member: Xiao Lingyun (China)
- Committee Member: Wali Modaqiq (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
- Committee Member: Orjan Johansson (Sweden)
- Executive Director: Justine Shanti Alexander
- Program Coordinator: Rakhee Karumbaya (India)
2018 – 2020
- Committee Chair: Lu Zhi, PhD (China)
- Committee member: Belinda Wright (India)
- Committee member: Jaffar Ud Din (Pakistan)
- Committee member: Kubanych Jumabay (Kyrgyzstan)
- Committee member: Li Juan, PhD (China)
- Committee member: Sandro Lovari, PhD (Italy)
- Committee member: Som B Ale, PhD (United States)
- Executive Director: Charudutt Mishra, PhD (India)* until Dec 2019
- Executive Director: Justine Shanti Alexander (UK/France)* began Jan 2020
- Program Coordinator: Rakhee Karumbaya (India)
2015 – 2017
- Committee Chair: Lu Zhi, PhD (China)
- Committee member: John Farrington (Bhutan)
- Committee member: Muhammad Ali Nawaz, PhD (Pakistan)
- Committee member: Sibylle Noras (Australia)
- Committee member: Steve Redpath, PhD (United Kingdom)
- Committee member: S. Sathyakumar, PhD (India)
- Committee member: Kun Shi, PhD (China)
- Executive Director: Charudutt Mishra, PhD (India)
- Program Coordinator: Rakhee Karumbaya (India)
2012 – 2014
- Committee Chair: David Mallon, PhD (United Kingdom)
- Committee member: Ahmad Khan (Pakistan)
- Committee member: Dajun Wang, PhD (China)
- Committee member: Jennifer Snell Rullman (USA)
- Committee member: Mukesh K. Chalise, PhD (Nepal)
- Committee member: Sibylle Noras (Australia)
- Committee member: Yash Veer Bhatnagar, PhD (India)
- Executive Director: Charudutt Mishra, PhD (India)
- Program Coordinator: Rakhee Karumbaya (India)