Evan T. Bloom is a lawyer and former senior US diplomat. During his 30-year career at the US Department of State, he served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries and Director of the Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs and was a member of the federal Senior Executive Service.

Bloom is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies of the University of Tasmania, Senior Advisor to the Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Marine Protected Area Policy Advisor to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition and Polar Governance Chair at the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. 

He led US Antarctic policy as head of the US delegations to the annual Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources from 2006 to 2020. He also served as the lead US negotiator for the successful establishment of the world’s largest marine protected area, in Antarctica’s Ross Sea. He led four official inspections of foreign facilities in Antarctica.

Mr Bloom is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the Explorers Club. He holds degrees from Princeton University (AB) and Columbia Law School (JD).