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White House appoints former Alaska park official as director of the National Park Service

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Anchorage Daily News

Posted: July 10, 2009 - 1:52 pm

From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --

President Barack Obama is appointing the former superintendent of Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve as the director of the National Park Service, the White House announced Friday.

Jon Jarvis, who has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years, most recently served as the regional director for the Pacific West Region. There, he was responsible for all National Park Service units and programs in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada and Hawaii, plus the Pacific islands of Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. In that role, he oversaw 3,000 employees and a $350 million annual budget.

Jarvis previously served as superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington and Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. He also served as the chief of natural and cultural resources at North Cascades National Park.

A native of Virginia, Jarvis has a degree in biology from the College of William and Mary and completed the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Program in 2001.