Julia Marton-Lefevre

Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE is Director General of IUCN, which brings together Governments, NGOs and scientists in a unique world partnership of over 1000 members spread across most of the globe.

Prior positions have included: Rector of the UN-mandated University for Peace; Executive Director of LEAD International; and Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU); Programme Specialist in Environmental Education under a joint UNESCO-UNEP Programme, university teacher in Thailand as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and a staff member of the Fund for Education and Peace in New York.

In addition to her membership on the Board of Directors of LEAD International, she is a member of a number of boards and commissions of relevance to LEAD , including: the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina; the Council of UPEACE and of the Earth Charter. Prior board memberships have included the World Resources Insittute (WRI), International Research Institute for Climate and Society(IRI), the International Advisory Board to the Lemelson Foundation, two corporate environmental advisory boards: to the Dow Chemical Company and to The Coca-Cola Company and the China Council for International Cooperation in Environment and Development.. She has also served on ICSU's Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED); the InterAcademy Council's Panel on Promoting Worldwide Science and Technology Capacities for the 21st Century and on the jury of the Saint Andrew's and Alcan Prizes.

J. Marton-Lefévre has co-authored numerous books and papers. In 1999 she received the AAAS Award for International Cooperation in Science. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of the United Kingdom. She studied history, ecology and environmental planning in the US and in France and was born in Hungary. She was made an Honorary LEAD Fellow in 2010.