Vela to Retire

Former Grand Teton National Park Superintendent and current acting National Parks Director David Vela announced his plans for retirement last week. A 30-year career veteran of the National Park Service, Vela holds the post of deputy director, exercising the authority of the interim director of the National Park Service. In this role, he leads the more than 20,000 National Park Service employees who protect, preserve, and share America’s 419 national parks with the American people, and who manage the NPS programs that help communities across the nation preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Vela served as Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway from 2014 until 2019 when he was appointed Deputy Director for Operations and effectively the interim Director of the Park Service.  Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the designation of Margaret Everson to exercise the delegable authority of the director of the National Park Service upon Vela’s departure in September.

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