Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The following is a list of directors of the Fish and Wildlife Service (1940–1956) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (1956–present):[1]

No. Portrait Director Term start Term end Ref.
1 Ira Noel Gabrielson 1940 March 31, 1946 [2]
2 Albert Merrill Day April 1, 1946 1953 [3]
3 John L. Farley 1953 1957
4 Daniel Hugo Janzen[a] 1957 1964
5 John S. Gottschalk December 1, 1964 1970 [4]
6 Spencer H. Smith 1970 1973
7 Lynn Adams Greenwalt[b] November 12, 1973 October 29, 1974 [5]
October 30, 1974 1981 [6][7][8]
8 Robert A. Jantzen November 17, 1981 March 15, 1985 [9][10]
9 Frank Harper Dunkle 1986 March 15, 1989 [11][12][13]
10 John F. Turner 1989 1993 [14][15]
11 Mollie Hanna Beattie September 14, 1993 June 5, 1996 [16][17][18][19]
acting John G. Rogers Jr. June 5, 1996 July 31, 1997
12 Jamie Rappaport Clark July 31, 1997 January 20, 2001 [20]
acting Marshall Jones January 20, 2001 February 21, 2002 [21]
13 Steven A. Williams February 21, 2002 March 16, 2005 [22]
acting Matthew J. "Matt" Hogan March 16, 2005 October 12, 2005 [23]
14 H. Dale Hall October 12, 2005 January 3, 2009 [24]
acting Rowan W. Gould January 3, 2009 September 1, 2009
15 Samuel D. "Sam" Hamilton III September 1, 2009 February 20, 2010[c] [25][26]
acting Rowan W. Gould February 21, 2010 June 30, 2011 [27]
16 Dan Ashe July 1, 2011 January 19, 2017 [28]
acting Jim Kurth January 20, 2017 May 31, 2017
acting Greg Sheehan June 1, 2017 August 16, 2018 [29]
acting Margaret Everson October 23, 2018 January 6, 2020 [30]
17 Aurelia Skipwith January 6, 2020 January 19, 2021 [31][32]
acting Martha Williams January 20, 2021 March 8, 2022
18 March 8, 2022 January 20, 2025 [33][34]
acting Paul Souza January 20, 2025 July 21, 2025 [35]
acting Justin "J" Shirley July 21, 2025 Incumbent
19 Brian Nesvik confirmed, but yet to be sworn in [36]

Table notes:

  1. ^ Father of evolutionary ecologist and conservationist Daniel H. Janzen.
  2. ^ Greenwalt had to be sworn in a second time due to a April 1974 Act of Congress that requires the FWS director be a presidential appointee subject to confirmation by the Senate instead of just being appointed by the Secretary of the Interior as previously done.
  3. ^ Died in office

References

  1. ^ "Past Confirmed Directors of the FWS and Their Prior Education and Experience". Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "For release to FMs". Mar 7, 1946.
  3. ^ "Albert M. Day Retires from Federal Service" (PDF). FWS.gov (Press release). May 27, 1955. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "John S. Gottschalk Sworn in as Director of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife--December 1, 1964". DOI. December 1, 1964.
  5. ^ "Lynn Greenwalt Being Sworn in as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, November 1973". DOI. November 12, 1973.
  6. ^ "STATEMENT BY SECRETARY MORTON ON NOMINATION OF LYNN A. GREENWALT AS DIRECTOR OF U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE" (PDF). DOI. July 31, 1974. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  7. ^ "LYNN A. GREENWALT RETAINED AS DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE" (PDF). DOI. July 26, 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  8. ^ "Lynn Greenwalt Being Sworn in as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1974". DOI.
  9. ^ "Nomination of Robert A. Jantzen To Be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service". The White House. October 9, 1981. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  10. ^ "Interior Secretary Lujan announces resignation of Fish and Wildlife Service director" (PDF). DOI. March 7, 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  11. ^ "PRESIDENT REAGAN SELECTS FRANK H. DUNKLE TO HEAD INTERIOR'S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE" (PDF). DOI. March 25, 1986. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  12. ^ "Nominations, March 25, 1986". The White House. March 25, 1986. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08 – via University of Texas.
  13. ^ "Interior Secretary Lujan announces resignation of Fish and Wildlife Service Director" (PDF). DOI. March 7, 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2017.
  14. ^ "JOHN F. TURNER NAMED DIRECTOR OF INTERIOR'S U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE" (PDF). DOI. June 13, 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nomination of John F. Turner to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service". The White House. June 13, 1989 – via The American Presidency Project.
  16. ^ Foggia, Lyla (1997). Reel Women: The World of Women Who Fish. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781439116845 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ "Nomination for Posts at the United States Fish and Wildlife Service". The White House. May 18, 1993 – via The American Presidency Project.
  18. ^ "Mollie H. Beattie (1947-1996)". FWS.
  19. ^ "MOLLIE BEATTIE SWORN IN AS U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DIRECTOR". FWS. September 16, 2001.
  20. ^ "Digest of Other White House Announcements". The White House. June 27, 1997 – via The American Presidency Project.
  21. ^ "Marshall P. Jones, Jr". FWS. Archived from the original on 2007-01-08.
  22. ^ "Director: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service". Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  23. ^ "Matthew J. Hogan". FWS. Archived from the original on 2005-04-05.
  24. ^ "USFWS/NCTC - History and Heritage". Archived from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  25. ^ "Presidential Nominations". U.S. Congress. July 6, 2009. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2010 – via THOMAS (Library of Congress).
  26. ^ Tankersley, Jim (February 20, 2010). "Sam Hamilton dies at 54; head of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". Los Angeles Times.
  27. ^ "Rowan Gould to Serve as Acting Director of Fish & Wildlife Service". Nossaman's Endangered Species Law & Policy. February 22, 2020.
  28. ^ "Dan is Sworn in as New Director, July 1, 2011". USFWS Headquarters. July 1, 2011 – via Flickr.
  29. ^ "Zinke Appoints Sheehan as Deputy Director of USFWS". Dallas Safari Club. June 27, 2025.
  30. ^ "Secretary Bernhardt Designates Margaret Everson to Exercise the Delegable Authority of the Director of the National Park Service". DOI. August 20, 2020.
  31. ^ "Vice President Mike Pence Participates in a Ceremonial Swearing-in". Trump White House Archived. January 6, 2020 – via Flickr.
  32. ^ "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Aurelia Skipwith Steps Down". FWS. January 19, 2021.
  33. ^ "Williams confirmed to lead US Fish and Wildlife Service". WFED. February 18, 2022.
  34. ^ "Martha Williams Sworn In as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service" (Press release). FWS. March 8, 2022.
  35. ^ "Acting Director Paul Souza". FWS. April 8, 2025.
  36. ^ Fuller, Scott (August 4, 2025). "Wyoming's Brian Nesvik confirmed as new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director". Country 10.
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