Regional Leaders
Region 1
North America
Region 2
Central America
Dr. Luis Villalobos
University of Costa Rica
Escuela de Zootecnia
San Pedro de Montes de Oca
San Pedro, 2060 Costa Rica
Elected: 2023-2031
Region 3
South America
Dr. Fernando Ortega Klose
INIA, Chile
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
Camino Cajon Vilcun
Km. 10, s/n- Casilla 58-D
Temuco, Chile
P: +56-45-229-7218
C: +56-45229-7100
fortega@inia.cl
Elected: 2015-2027
Region 4
South East Asia
Region 5
Oceania, Australia, New Zealand
Dr. Lindsay Bell
CSIRO, Australia
Region 6
East Asia
Dr. Joung-Kyong Lee
Foundation of Agri. Tech, Commercialization and Transfer
303/1503 YOUNGTONG RO 460, YOUNGTONG GU
Suwon, Republic of Korea, 16707, South Korea
P: +82-31-8012-7330
C: +82-10-9150-2927
F: +82-31-8012-7290
leejkhs2000@yahoo.co.kr
Elected: 2015-2027
Region 7
Middle East
Region 8
Mediterranean
Dr. Mounir Louhaichi
ICARDA, Tunisia
Region 9
Europe
Dr. Bridget Lynch
Teagasc, Ireland
Teagasc Johnstown Castle
Crops,Environment and Land-Use Programme
Wexford, Y35Y521, Ireland
bridget.lynch@teagasc.ie
Elected: 2023-2031
Region 10
Northern Eurasia
Dr. Lina Šarūnaitė
Lithuania Research Centre for AgricultureLatvia
Elected: 2023-2027
Region 11
Africa
Dr. Babo Fadlala
Sudan University of Science and Technology
College of Forestry and Range Science
Khartoum, 11113, Sudan
P: +249-9-12927800
babo_f@yahoo.com
Elected: 2015-2027
USA Organising Committee President, Ex Officio
Dr. Ray Smith
University of Kentucky
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
N-222E Agriculture Science Center N.
Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA
P: 1-859-257-3358
C: 1-859-227-9167
F: 1-859-323-1952
raysmith1@uky.edu
Elected: 2023-2027
IGC Secretariat
Tina Bowling
2023 International Grassland Congress Organizing Committee and International Grassland Congress
Berea, KY, 40403 USA
P: +1-877-408-0442