Past ISE Boards

Past ISE Presidents are invited to remain on the ISE Board as ex-officio members. Maui Solomon, Pablo Eyzaguirre, Elois Ann Berlin, Tim Johns, and Christine Kabuye are currently serving in this capacity for the Society.

Most recent past Presidents:

Andrea Pieroni
Associate Professor, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Bra, Italy

Andrea Pieroni is an Italo-German ethnobotanist and Associate Professor at the first worldwide University of Gastronomic Sciences located in Pollenzo/Bra, Northern Italy. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. His research focuses on food/gastronomic and medical ethnobotany of ethnic minorities in the Mediterranean and in the Balkan regions and on the ethnobiology of migrant communities in Europe.

 

Maui Solomon
Indigenous Rights Lawyer, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand

Maui Solomon is a Moriori Maori barrister, an indigenous lawyer from Aotearoa New Zealand. He represents a number of tribes in Aotearoa New Zealand, in particular his own Moriori iwi, or tribe, from Rekohu (Chatham Island), an island 800 kms east of. New Zealand. He also represents three tribes: Ngati Kuri, Ngati Wai and Te Rarawa (other counsel represent the remaining three) in relation to the Wai 262 flora and fauna and cultural and intellectual heritage rights claim that’s currently being heard by the Waitangi Tribunal.

 

2010 Elected Board (May-September 2010)

President: Andrea Pieroni
President-elect: Lisa Price
Secretary: Rainer Bussmann
Treasurer: Ina Vandebroek

2008-2010 Board

President: Maui Solomon
President-elect: Andrea Pieroni
Secretary: Leslie Main Johnson
Treasurer: Ina Vandebroek
Global Coalition Director: Sarah Laird
Ethics Committee Chair: Kelly Bannister

Regional Representatives:
Verna Miller (Americas)
John Tabuti (Africa)
Yih-Ren Lin (Asia)
Patrick van Damme (Europe)

Student Representatives:
Gisella Cruz García
Maria Ruth Martinez-R

Ex-officio members:
Alejandro Argumedo, Chair of the 2008 ISE Congress
Josie Osborne, Chair of the 2010 ISE Congress

2006-2008 Board

President: Chayan Picheansoonthon
President-elect: Maui Solomon
Secretary: Felice Wyndham
Treasurer: Jeanine Pfeiffer
Global Coalition Director: Sarah Laird
Ethics Committee Chair: Kelly Bannister

Regional Representatives:
Alejandro Argunmedo (Americas)
Maryam Imbumi (Africa)
Takeshi Fujimoto (Asia)
Lisa Price (Europe)

2004-2006 Board

President: Pablo Eyzaguirre
President-elect: Chayan Picheansoonthon
Secretary: Patrick Maundu
Treasurer: Yasu Morimoto
Global Coalition Directors: Maui Solomon and Sarah Laird
Ethics Committee Chair: Kelly Bannister

Regional Representatives:
Miguel Angel Martinez A. (Latin America)
Edmond Dounias (Africa)
Ashok Jain (Asia)
Andrea Pieroni (Europe)

2002-2004 Board

President: Elois Ann Berlin
President-Elect: Pablo Eyzaguirre
Secretary: Archana Godbole
Treasurer: Kelly Bannister

Ex-officio member:
Roy Ellen, Chair of the 2004 ISE Congress

2000-2002 Board

President: Pei Shengji
President-Elect: Elois Ann Berlin
Secretary: Luisa Maffi
Treasurer: Pablo Eyzaguirre
Director Global Coalition: Tom Carlson

Board Members at Large:
Evelyne Cudel
Victor Toledo
Virginia Nazarea-Rhodes
Xu Jianchu

Ex-officio members:
Maurice Iwu, Immediate Past President
Fassil Kebebew, Chair of the 2002 ISE Congress