Will Shafroth, who worked in the Interior Department under former Secretary Ken Salazar, has been hired as CEO and president of the National Park Foundation.

Shafroth fills a void created when former CEO and President Neil Mulholland abruptly left the organization last fall. Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk served in an interim capacity, but returned to his park earlier this year.

Shafroth will oversee the Foundation’s work, including its operations, philanthropic support through individual and foundation giving, corporate partnerships, and its promotion of the National Park Service Centennial celebration. He joins the Foundation on the heels of its launch of the Find Your Park movement – a public awareness and engagement campaign to inspire people to connect with, celebrate, and support America’s national parks.

Shafroth brings more than three decades of experience working to advance conservation and outdoor recreation. In his most recent appointment at the Department of the Interior, he served as Secretary Salazar’s Counselor for America’s Great Outdoors. In that role, he was responsible for developing and executing a 21st-century conservation and recreation agenda for America’s land, water and wildlife. His leadership on the President’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative focused significantly on reconnecting people to the outdoors.

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