NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER • January 23, 2025
Jessica Bowron, a National Park Service veteran who has been serving as the agency's comptroller, has been named acting director of the agency. Bowron joined the Park Service in 2007 as a budget analyst and steadily worked her way up to her current position, which she's held since 2017. She will serve as acting director until a Senate-confirmed director is named, or until May 31, unless her assignment is extended by President Trump. During his first term Trump did not have a permanent, Senate-confirmed Park Service director.