Dr Rebecca LENT

Executive Secretary, International Whaling Commission

Dr Rebecca Lent is the Executive Director of the International Whaling Commission, located in Cambridge, UK. The IWC is the global cetacean organization charged with the science and stewardship of cetaceans. Rebecca joined the IWC in January of 2018 and has been focused on a number of key issues including improving the effectiveness of the Secretariat, supporting the Commission and its subsidiary bodies, launching new initiatives (especially bycatch), and outreach to other organizations to address the growing scope of threats to cetaceans. From 2013-2017 Rebecca served as the Executive Director of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, and for twenty years prior to that she worked on international fishery policy at the National Marine Fisheries Service. Rebecca received her PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Oregon State University.