The Board of Governors is a supreme management body of the Northern Forum and makes major decisions on supporting the organization’s activities and on its development strategy.

The Board consists of the regions’ leaders of its members, each with a deciding vote. As a rule, the Board is convened during the General Assembly, held semi-annually. The Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Russia Ruslan Kukharuk is the current chair.

The Chair of the Regional Coordinators Committee and the Executive Director are responsible for preparing the Board meetings and attend them with a consultative vote.

The members of the Board of Governors are:

Ruslan Kukharuk

Chair of the Northern Forum

Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Russia 

Irina Gecht

Vice-Chair of the Northern Forum

Acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Aisen Nikolaev

Head of the Sakha Republic, Russia

 

Vladimir Solodov

Governor of Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Dmitry Artyukhov

Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Mikhail Kotyukov

Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Maria Kostyuk

Acting Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia

Sergey Nosov

Governor of Magadan Oblast, Russia

Dmitry Demeshin

Governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

 

Vladislav Kuznetsov

Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia 

Kim Jin-tae

Governor of Gangwon Province, Republic of Korea

Mike J. Dunleavy

Governor of Alaska, USA