Our national parks, monuments, seashores, rivers, and historic sites are maintained, preserved, and even personified by the 22,000 employees and 221,000 volunteers who work at these public places. Anyone who has visited a national park has probably met a park ranger (who can be identified by their distinctive hats), but there are many other people who manage these treasured destinations every day. While it’s impossible to profile every person who works for the National Park Service (NPS), we have a sampling of the many types of jobs – and the many types of people who hold them – at park units across the country. 

JONATHAN JARVIS
Director, National Park Service
Washington, DC

CHRISTINE HOYER
Backcountry Management Specialist (Ranger)
Great Smokey Mountains National Park

GUS MARTINEZ
Deputy Chief Ranger, Operations
Yosemite National Park

JOHN NEWMAN
Deckhand
Salem Maritime National Historic Site

LORI OBERHOFER
Wildlife Biologist
Everglades National Park

WINONA PETERSON
Cultural Resources Program Manager (Historian)
Gettysburg National Military Park
Eisenhower National Historic Site

DR. STEPHEN POTTER
Regional Archeologist
National Capital Region

DUGAN SMITH
Park Ranger
Missouri National Recreational River

DAN WENK
Superintendent
Yellowstone National Park