Deb Hahn

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies became an IUCN member in the 90s. Ms. Hahn has been an active member for 7 years. The Association is the voice of the 50 U.S. state fish and wildlife agencies and helps enable conservation delivery on national and international scales. As the International Relations Director, she brings a wealth of US conservation/management and policy expertise and experience on how that intersects with and is influenced by global conversation actions such as those taken by IUCN. She also serves on the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network’s Hemispheric Council, Women in Wildlife Conservation Network Steering Committee, IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) International Committee, and CMS’s America’s Flyway Framework Task Force. Ms. Hahn participates in CITES, SPAW, CBD, CMS, and the Triateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management. She works on cross-border conservation with Canada and Mexico, and migratory bird conservation in the Western Hemisphere through implementation of Southern Wings, a partnership of state fish and wildlife agencies to conservation migratory birds throughout their annual cycle.