Dan Wenk is the Deputy Director US National Parks Service. During the initial period of the Obama administration he served as Acting Director for some 18 months until the formal appointment of Jon Jarvis.
Prior to his appointment as Deputy Director in 2007 Dan had been Director of the NPS Denver Service Center from December 2001 At the Service Center he oversaw the agency’s centralized planning, design, and construction services, and provided parks and regional offices with services including contracting and project management.
Prior to working at the Denver Service Center, Dan Wenk was superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial from 1985 to 2001. As superintendent, he oversaw development of natural and cultural resource management programs to ensure the long-term preservation of the sculpture and the natural area of the surrounding forest.
Mr. Wenk began his National Park Service career in 1975 as a landscape architect at the Denver Service Center and was a management assistant at Yellowstone National Park from 1979 to 1984.
Mr Dan Wenk delivered the Brian O'Neill Oration, as a tribute to the late Superintendent on Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Mr O'Neill was the popular head of one the largest urban park district in the US and was a worldwide leader in community and corporate engagement.
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