PATRICIA FORKAN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL POLICY
PRESIDENT, HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

Patricia Forkan is senior vice president for International Policy and president of Humane Society International.  Forkan focuses her efforts on international trade policy and trade capacity building through environmental cooperation. 

As a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, Forkan works closely with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Environmental Protection Agency advising them on the environmental provisions of free trade agreement and World Trade Organization negotiations.  In December 2005, she was named as an official member of the U.S. delegation at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong. 

One of Forkan's specific areas of expertise is the protection of marine mammals, particularly whales and dolphins. Under her leadership, The HSUS and other organizations achieved a moratorium on commercial whaling and the creation of the dolphin-safe tuna label.  She represents HSI and The HSUS at the annual International Whaling Commission meetings and has also served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the IWC. 

Forkan received a bachelor's degree in political science from Pennsylvania State University in 1966.  She has done graduate work at American University in political science and attended a special course for executives in non-profit management at Harvard University.  She has been listed in Who's Who in American Women and Who's Who in America