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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:

 

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Irina Gecht

Chair of the Northern Forum

Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Aisen Nikolaev

Aisen Nikolaev

Vice-Chair of the Northern Forum

Head of the Sakha Republic, Russia 

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Ruslan Kukharuk

Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, Russia

 

Vladimir Solodov

Vladimir Solodov

Governor of Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Dmitry Artyukhov

Dmitry Artyukhov

Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Mikhail Kotyukov

Mikhail Kotyukov

Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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Maria Kostyuk

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia

Sergey Nosov

Sergey Nosov

Governor of Magadan Oblast, Russia

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Dmitry Demeshin

Governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Vladislav Kuznetsov

 

Vladislav Kuznetsov

Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia 

Kim Jin-tae

Kim Jin-tae

Governor of Gangwon Province, Republic of Korea

Mike J. Dunleavy

Mike J. Dunleavy

Governor of Alaska, USA

 

 

 
 

Transport and Logistics

 

Working Group Members

12
Total Members
8
Regions
11
Organizations
№RegionFull NamePosition
1 Moscow Nadezhda Fillippova Professor, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University
Chair of the Working Group
2 Sakha Republic Alexander Kugaevsky Goodwill Ambassador of the Northern Forum, Deputy Rector for Analytical and Expert Activities of the M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Head of the Centre for International Arctic Studies, Ph.D. in Economics, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, Deputy Chairman of the Public Council of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation
3 Sakha Republic Sergey Neustroev First Deputy Minister for Arctic Development and Affairs of the Peoples of the North of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
4 Krasnoyarsk Krai Sergey Eremin Deputy of the State Duma, member of the Committee on Transport and Transport Infrastructure Development, Doctor of Technical Sciences
5 Sakha Republic Saidam Stepanov General Director of Arctic Trade and Logistics Company JSC
6 Sakha Republic Elena Golomareva Chair of the Committee of the IL Tumen of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), President of the Association 'Yakutsk Arctic' IOO ASPOL
7 Arkhangelsk Oblast Elena Bogdanova Professor, research fellow, M.L. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University
8 Nizhny Novgorod Alexander Blokhin Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of Automobiles and Tractors Department, Institute of Transport Systems Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev
9 Minsk, Republic of Belarus Denis Kapsky Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk
10 Murmansk Oblast Mikhail Vasyokha Head of the Research Laboratory 'Logistics in the Arctic' Murmansk Arctic University
11 Ufa Svetlana Leontieva Head of the Chemical and Radiometric Centre of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Bashkortostan Civil Protection Measures Support Service
12 Moscow Yuri Kapralnyi Senior Researcher of the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defence and Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (Federal Centre of Science and High Technologies)

Working Group Members

 

Expert representatives from regions and leading organizations

14
Total Members
3
Regions
13
Organizations
№RegionFull NamePosition
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Chair of the Working Group
2 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Roman Kolupaev Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Development of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra
3 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Yakov Samokhvalov Director General of the Center for Civil and Social Initiatives of Yugra Foundation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
4 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Alexander Babushkin Advisor to the First Deputy Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
5 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Anton Hralovich Deputy Head of the Center for Innovative Technological and Creative Entrepreneurship of the My Business Foundation (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra)
6 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Sergei Zverkov Head of the Center for Applied Urban Studies of the city of Surgut, urbanist, designer (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
7 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Ilya Kirichenko Initiator and developer of the concept for the creation of an art residence, chairman of the regional public organization of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra for holding events "PiknikKhM" (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
8 Nenets Autonomous Okrug Olga Strepetilova Deputy Head of Department - Head of Economic Development Department (Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
9 Nenets Autonomous Okrug Irina Tikhomirova General Director of JSC "Business Development Center of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug"
10 Nenets Autonomous Okrug Anton Pustovalov Head of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug
11 Krasnoyarsk Krai Olga Vasilenko Head of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Tourism Agency
12 Krasnoyarsk Krai Andrei Gantselevich Director Regional Autonomous Institution "Regional Youth Palace"
13 Krasnoyarsk Krai Alexey Nikolaev Deputy General Director - Head of the Directorate for Attracting Investment Projects of ANO Yenisei Siberia Development Corporation
14 Krasnoyarsk Krai Ksenia Yurlagina Deputy Head of the Agency of Youth Policy for Implementation of Community Development Programs of Krasnoyarsk Krai

Parliamentary Cooperation

 

Working Group Members

11
Total Members
8
Regions
10
Legislative Bodies
№RegionFull NamePosition
1 to be updated to be updated to be updated
Chair of the Working Group
2 Khabarovsk Krai Irina Zikunova Chairman of the Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai
3 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Sergey Yamkin Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
4 Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Lutovinov Chairman of the Legislative Duma of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
5 Murmansk Oblast Vladimir Mishenko First Deputy Chairman of the Murmansk Regional Dumas
6 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Mikhail Andreev Deputy Chairman of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous County, Chairman of the Committee on Budget, Taxes, Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship, Property and Natural Monopolies
7 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Victor Kazarin Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
8 Krasnoyarsk Krai Valery Vengo Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Northern Affairs and Indigenous Minorities of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai
9 Krasnoyarsk Krai Valery Farukshin Chairman of the Commission on Interparliamentary Cooperation of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Krai
10 Moscow Vladimir Kryazhkov Professor of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Doctor of Law
11 Sakha Republic Olga Timofeeva-Tereshkina Assistant to the First Deputy Chairman of the State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)