Susan Lieberman

Dr. Susan Lieberman is Vice President, International Policy with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), where she leads WCS’s policy engagement in multiple intergovernmental fora. She has worked in international biodiversity conservation, at the intersection of science and policy, for more than 30 years, including extensive experience with international wildlife trade including wildlife trafficking. She has extensive experience with treaties and other intergovernmental bodies, including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), and the UNESCO-World Heritage Convention. Previously, she worked for The Pew Charitable Trusts, WWF-International, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She obtained her Ph.D. in tropical ecology from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where she also did postdoctoral research. 

Sue was elected in 2021 by the IUCN Congress as Regional Councillor for North America and the Caribbean; she was elected to Chair the IUCN Council's Programme and Policy Committee. She is also a Conservation Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, an appointed member of the United for Wildlife/Royal Foundation Transport Taskforce, and a member of the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, and World Commission on Protected Areas; she was an appointed member of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking.