OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Lee Taylor, a 30-year career employee of the National Park Service, has been selected to serve as Olympic National Park’s next deputy superintendent.
Taylor will fill the position formerly held by Todd Suess, who was named superintendent of Mojave National Preserve earlier this year.
She will join the park staff in her new position in mid-September.
“Olympic National Park, with its mountains, coastline, old-growth forest and human history, is a spectacular place,” Taylor said.
“I am excited to work with the park’s staff and partners to help manage and protect it for future generations.”
Taylor is currently the superintendent of San Juan Island National Historical Park, where she has served for the past three years.
Prior experience
Prior to that, she worked for 11 years at Mount Rainier National Park, overseeing the park’s interpretation, education and volunteer programs.
Taylor began her career as a student intern in 1984 at Yosemite National Park and presented or managed interpretation and education programs at seven other parks from Alaska to Virginia before arriving at Mount Rainier in 2001.
“I am very pleased to have Lee join our staff and community,” Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum said.
“Lee is a proven leader with a strong background in both park operations and the Pacific Northwest.”
Olympic National Park, established in 1938, covers 922,651 acres, nearly 95 percent of which is designated wilderness.
More than 200 employees work at the park, which gets more than 3 million visitors each year.
