Boreal Alliance is governed by the Steering Committee which consists of the following representatives from member organizations.
Steering Committee Members
Henrikki Liimatainen
University of Oulu
Finland
Raisa Mäkipää
UNITE Flagship,
LUKE
Finland
Gustav Nyström
EMPA
Switzerland
Monika Österberg
FinnCERES,
Aalto University
Finland
Orlando Rojas
BioProducts Institute, UBC
Canada
Lauri Sikanen
UNITE Flagship,
LUKE
Finland
Daniel Söderberg
Treesearch, KTH
Sweden
Tekla Tammelin
FinnCERES, VTT
Finland
Alexander Bismarck
IMCR, TU Wien
Austria
Supporting Members
The Supporting Members are non-voting members who assist the Steering Committee for operations and communications needs.
Kristin Witzel
Boreal Alliance Acting Manager
Treesearch
Sweden
Kelley Oh
BioProducts Institute, UBC
Canada
Titichai Navessin
BioProducts Institute, UBC
Canada
Stina Grönqvist
FinnCERES,
VTT
Finland
Jukka Hassinen
FinnCERES,
Aalto University
Finland
Joanna Witos
FinnCERES,
Aalto University
Finland
Host Organization
Treesearch will be the host organization for the Boreal Alliance in 2023. The role of the host is to maintain this website, coordinate for events and activities, facilitate member meetings, and provide other administrative support for the Committee through an appointed Alliance Acting Manager from the organization. The term is one year commencing on January 1st of calendar year, and each member will take turn for this role.
The BioProducts Institute at the University of British Columbia successfully concluded the year 2022 as the second host organization, sustaining the progress in expanding and fortifying the network through various international partnerships. Congratulations!
FinnCERES Flagship served as the first host organization in the year of 2021 and has made significant contributions in laying a solid foundation to launch the Alliance. Congratulations and big thank you to the FinnCERES team for the wonderful work!