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The Director of the National Park Service of the United States is nominated by the President and requires a Senate confirmation. The incumbent is Charles F. Sams III , who was sworn in by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on December 16, 2021.
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Naturalist, Director of the National Park Service Gary E. Everhardt (July 8, 1934 – December 27, 2020), [ 2 ] was the ninth Director of the US National Park Service (NPS). He began his NPS career as an engineer in 1957 and rose to the superintendency of Grand Teton National Park in 1972.
In 2016, the Park Service under Jarvis unveiled the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, commemorating the Stonewall Riots for gay rights. [ 14 ] In his time as Park Service director, Jarvis faced criticism from Congress and watchdog organizations, claiming his oversight of the service failed to address a culture of sexual harassment ...
Roger George Kennedy (August 3, 1926 – September 30, 2011) was an American polymath whose career included banking, television production, historical writing, and museum administration, the last as director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, before the Bill Clinton administration selected him to head the National Park Service in 1993.
Margaret Everson is an American lawyer who served as the acting director of the United States National Park Service for six months [1] and the acting director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for 15 months during the first Trump administration. [2]
The National Park Service oversees more than 131,000 square miles (339,000 square kilometers) of parks, monuments, battlefields and other landmarks. Native American confirmed as head of National ...
On September 5, 2006, Bomar was nominated by George W. Bush as the Director of the National Park Service, succeeding Fran P. Mainella. Following Senate confirmation, she was sworn into office on October 17, 2006, by United States Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne at Independence Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .