NAAFE's Board of Directors establishes the policies and guides the future of the organization. Board members are elected every two years in groups of 2 and 3. Terms begin and end at the conclusion of the Forum held immediately after their election.
Current members of the Board of Directors are:
President: Dr. Sunny Jardine
Associate Professor
School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
USA
Term: 2023-2025 (President-Elect); 2025-2027 (President)
President-Elect: Dr. Andrew Scheld
Associate Professor
Department of Fisheries Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William & Mary
Gloucester Point, VA
USA
Term: 2025-2029
Board Member: Dr. Jingting Chang
Senior Economist, Regulatory and International Economics
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Term: 2023-2027
Board Member: Dr. Fernando Aranceta-Garza
Fisheries and Aquaculture Bioeconomist
Centro de Investagaciones Biologicas del Noreste (CIBNOR)
La Paz, BCS
México
Term: 2025-2029
Board Member: Dr. Lisa Pfeiffer
Research Economist
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, WA
USA
Term: 2023-2027