Margaret Everson
Margaret Everson | |
|---|---|
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| United States National Park Service acting director | |
| Assumed office September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | David Vela |
Margaret Everson is a lawyer who was acting director of the United States National Park Service in the Trump administration.[1]
Early life and education
Everson was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. Her father worked at West Virginia University in the physics department and later ran its planetarium.[2]
She received a bachelor's degree in biology with a concentration in marine biology from St. Francis College, and a Juris Doctor degree from Vermont Law School.[3]
Career
From 2006 to 2008, Everson was a counselor at the Interior Department in the George W. Bush administration.[4]
She also was a consultant for state agencies.[3]
She was an assistant attorney general of Kentucky and general counsel for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.[3]
She was a chair of the American Wildlife Conservation Partners.[3]
She was a lobbyist for Ducks Unlimited, a conservation and hunting group, and its chief policy officer for four years, through most of 2018.[4][3]
She was a counselor to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and was the principal deputy director of the Fish and Wildlife Service.[1]
National Park Service acting director
Bernhardt selected Everson in August 2020 to replace David Vela as acting director of the United States National Park Service. Everson is the fourth acting director of the Park Service under President Donald Trump.[1]
In September 2020, two environmental groups asked a federal court to remove Everson as head of the Park Service, arguing she was illegally appointed. The Trump administration was the first in the Park Service's history not to name a permanent director, a job that requires Senate confirmation.[1]
See also
- Environmental policy of the Trump administration
- National Park Service
- Organization of the National Park Service
References
- ^ a b c d Hotakainen, Rob (October 1, 2020). "Interior: Court could oust acting National Park Service chief". www.eenews.net. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Meet The National Park Service's New Head — She's A West Virginian". WVPB. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Secretary Bernhardt Designates Margaret Everson to Exercise the Delegable Authority of the Director of the National Park Service". www.doi.gov. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ a b "Park Service head retires; successor quickly named". Roll Call. Retrieved 2020-10-11.