Executive Director, Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum

Based in Seattle, Washington, John Henderschedt has twenty-five years of experience working in the Alaska and West Coast groundfish fisheries. Prior to joining the Fisheries Forum as its first Executive Director, John served as the Vice President of Phoenix Processor Limited Partnership, owner of the AFA pollock mothership processors the Ocean Phoenix and Excellence. John was responsible for fleet cooperative quota tracking, safety and security management, food safety programs, regulatory compliance, and special projects. He started his career in Alaska fisheries as an at-sea representative and interpreter for Russian joint venture Bering Sea fishing operations in the mid 1980s.

John holds one of Washington State's two obligatory seats on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and has been engaged in the federal fisheries management process since 1988.

He has a B.A. in Russian Studies from Muhlenberg College, and certificate in Russian Language and Literature from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow.