Active Committees
13th ICG Committee
Duties: The 13th ICG Committee will assist the country organizers with planning, publicity, publication of a special issue of SRR, and coordinate with the IGA Science Committee to ensure presentations are of the highest quality.
Host Country Chair: Sándor Kukovics
Members: George Fthenakis
Scientific & Regional Conferences Committee
Duties: Assist with organizing, planning and implementing regional meetings. Additionally, the Scientific Committee is responsible for working with the ICG host country Scientific Committee to recruit invited speakers, finalize the scientific program schedule, review and select oral abstract presentations, and review and select poster award nominations.
Chair: Lucia Sepe
Members: Juan Capote, Noemí Castro Navarro, Herve Hoste, Nazan Koluman, Paula Menzies, Tilahun Sahlu, Felipe Torres-Acosta, Carina Visser
Duties: The 13th ICG Committee will assist the country organizers with planning, publicity, publication of a special issue of SRR, and coordinate with the IGA Science Committee to ensure presentations are of the highest quality.
Host Country Chair: Sándor Kukovics
Members: George Fthenakis
Scientific & Regional Conferences Committee
Duties: Assist with organizing, planning and implementing regional meetings. Additionally, the Scientific Committee is responsible for working with the ICG host country Scientific Committee to recruit invited speakers, finalize the scientific program schedule, review and select oral abstract presentations, and review and select poster award nominations.
Chair: Lucia Sepe
Members: Juan Capote, Noemí Castro Navarro, Herve Hoste, Nazan Koluman, Paula Menzies, Tilahun Sahlu, Felipe Torres-Acosta, Carina Visser
Country Representatives & Regional Directors Management Committee
Duties: The CR & RD Committee is responsible for reviewing nominations, maintaining communication and reporting, and encouraging engagement in IGA activities. Committee members will also assist RDs and CRs with organizing IGA meetings, and developing IGA co-sponsorship of goat related activities to raise IGA’s profile.
Chair: Juan Capote
Co-Chair: Jean-Marie Luginbuhl
Members: Dilip Bhandari, Davinia Sánchez, Yingjie Zhang
Duties: The CR & RD Committee is responsible for reviewing nominations, maintaining communication and reporting, and encouraging engagement in IGA activities. Committee members will also assist RDs and CRs with organizing IGA meetings, and developing IGA co-sponsorship of goat related activities to raise IGA’s profile.
Chair: Juan Capote
Co-Chair: Jean-Marie Luginbuhl
Members: Dilip Bhandari, Davinia Sánchez, Yingjie Zhang
Membership Committee
Duties: The Membership Committee is responsible for working with the IGA Executive Director to increase individual memberships, and develop guidelines and a strategy for institutional membership. They will help identify new organizations that could be asked to join IGA.
Chair: Christopher Lu
Members: Jean-Paul Dubeuf, Christian De Vries
Duties: The Membership Committee is responsible for working with the IGA Executive Director to increase individual memberships, and develop guidelines and a strategy for institutional membership. They will help identify new organizations that could be asked to join IGA.
Chair: Christopher Lu
Members: Jean-Paul Dubeuf, Christian De Vries
IGA Consulting Group Management Committee (IGA-CGMC)
Duties: The IGA-CGMC will manage the Goat Consulting Group. The committee will consist of at least one expert each for dairy, meat and mohair production systems and value chains, development planning, environmental integration and policy formulation. IGA-CGMC will select the right consultant for each position. When a request is received, the Committee will identify potential candidates, interview references and other experts in the field, and read publications if needed. They will help the IGA Executive Director maintain and update the Consultant Pool Database.
The committee will search for assist with identifying potential clients, and advertise IGA’s availability and expertise.
Chair: Jean-Paul Dubeuf
Members: Dilip Bhandari, Juan Capote, Carol Delaney, Jun Luo, Beth Miller, Yingjie Zhang
Duties: The IGA-CGMC will manage the Goat Consulting Group. The committee will consist of at least one expert each for dairy, meat and mohair production systems and value chains, development planning, environmental integration and policy formulation. IGA-CGMC will select the right consultant for each position. When a request is received, the Committee will identify potential candidates, interview references and other experts in the field, and read publications if needed. They will help the IGA Executive Director maintain and update the Consultant Pool Database.
The committee will search for assist with identifying potential clients, and advertise IGA’s availability and expertise.
Chair: Jean-Paul Dubeuf
Members: Dilip Bhandari, Juan Capote, Carol Delaney, Jun Luo, Beth Miller, Yingjie Zhang
Communications Committee
Duties: The Communication Committee is responsible for identifying articles or other materials that can be shared with members and the public, and offering feedback and suggestions to improve the website, blog, Facebook page and Newsletter.
Chair: Jean-Marie Luginbuhl
Members: Yoko Tsukahara, Paula Menzies, Carina Visser, Davinia Sánchez, Stela Zamfirescu, Terry Gipson, and Christian De Vries
Projects Committee
Members: Dilip, Davinia, Juan, and Lucia
Strategic Planning Committee
Chair: Davinia Sánchez
Members: Dilip, Jean-Marie, and Paula
Duties: The Communication Committee is responsible for identifying articles or other materials that can be shared with members and the public, and offering feedback and suggestions to improve the website, blog, Facebook page and Newsletter.
Chair: Jean-Marie Luginbuhl
Members: Yoko Tsukahara, Paula Menzies, Carina Visser, Davinia Sánchez, Stela Zamfirescu, Terry Gipson, and Christian De Vries
Projects Committee
Members: Dilip, Davinia, Juan, and Lucia
Strategic Planning Committee
Chair: Davinia Sánchez
Members: Dilip, Jean-Marie, and Paula