We are excited to announce that Jonathan (Jon) B. Jarvis, the recently appointed 18th Director of the National Park Service, will be a guest speaker at the International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress.
Mr Jarvis took the helm in October 2009 of an agency that preserves and manages some of the most treasured landscapes and valued cultural icons in America.
The National Parks service are an agency of more than 20,000 employees and 140,000 volunteers in 391 national park units and related cultural and natural heritage programs.
Jonathan (Jon) B. Jarvis officially became the 18th Director of the National Park Service on October 2, 2009. A career ranger of the National Park Service, who began his career in 1976 as a seasonal interpreter in Washington, D.C., Jarvis takes the helm of an agency that preserves and manages some of the most treasured landscapes and valued cultural icons in this nation.
“America's National Park System is a gift from past generations to this and succeeding generations; the challenges we face today could not have been imagined when the agency was first established in 1916. Today the challenges are that of climate change, urban development, habitat destruction, non-native species, and air and water pollution. Our mission remains the same today as it was then -- to preserve this nation's natural and cultural heritage, unimpaired for the enjoyment of this and future generations.
Prior to taking the helm as Director, Mr Jarvis most recently served as the Regional Director of the Pacific West Region, with responsibility for 58 units of the National Park System in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands of Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. He oversaw 3,000 employees with a $350 million annual budget.
Mr Jarvis will deliver 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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