The BRC-Team

The Batumi Raptor Count Team 2013 consists of the General Board with 4 board-members, 7 team members and two Georgian staff members  working in different working groups (monitoring, education, tourism, ...). Find out more about their involvement with BRC below!

BRC 2013 General Board: batumiboard (at) yahoogroups (dot) com
Johannes Jansen (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
> Founder & President
> General coordination
> Hunting and trapping
> Conservation

Ghent - Belgium
Tel. Belgium: +32 486 414 918
Tel. Georgia: +995 555 33 75 24
johannes.jansen (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org

Brecht Verhelst (University of Oxford, England)
> Founder & Treasurer
> Monitoring
> Ecotourism
> Research
> Fundraising

Tel. Georgia: +995 558 217 706
brecht.verhelst (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org

Wouter Vansteelant (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
> Secretary
> Sponsorships
> Education 
> Research: weather & migration dynamics

wouter.vansteelant (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org


Jasper Wehrmann (University of Potsdam, Germany)
> Board Member
> Monitoring
> Research: weather & migration dynamics
> Webmaster

Halle (Saale), Germany
Tel. Germany: +49 345 135 025 69
Tel. Georgia:  +995 555 723 5181
jasper.wehrmann (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org

BRC 2013 Monitoring Director: 
Arthur W. Green (USA)
> Count Logistics & Subscriptions
> Data Management

arthur.green(at)batumiraptorcount(dot)org



BRC 2013 Identification Consultant: 
Andrea Corso (Sicily)
> Identification coach on our count stations
> Raptor ID seminars and blog-posts
> Consultant in case of identification difficulties
> Aging and sexing specialist

andrea.corso (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org



BRC 2013 Public Relations Manager: 
Filiep T'Jollyn (Belgium)
> run publicity campain
> printing of publicity material 
> representation of BRC during birding events 
> spreading news and volunteer calls
> managing social media

filiep.tjollyn (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org


BRC 2013 Tourism & Visitations: ecotourism (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org
Marcin Zaremba (Tbilisi, Georgia)
> Ecotourism coordinator
> Sustainable homestay development
> Publicity & Logistics in Georgia

tel: +995 555 568 302
marcin.zaremba (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org


Lela Bolkvadze (Sakhalvasho, Georgia)
> Hospitality and booking agent
> Homestay Management
> Communication Assistant

tel: +995 599 216 580
visit (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org





Alexander Rukhaia (Batumi, Georgia)
> Communications manager
> Local BRC representative
> Sponsorships and grant writing
> Evening activities manager

tel: +995 599 309 007/+995 557 900 909
alexander.rukhaia (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org


BRC 2013 Education Team: education (at) batumiraptorcount (dot) org
Meri Nasilyan (American University of Armenia)
> School Education Program: Curriculum Design & Teacher