Craig Ackerman
Craig
Ackerman is the newly appointed superintendent of Crater
Lake National Park. Ackerman replaces Chuck Lundy who
retired at the end of last year.
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Crater Lake National Park's new superintendent, Craig Ackerman |
No stranger to
Oregon, Ackerman will move to the village at Crater Lake from
his post at Oregon Caves National Monument. Park partners,
employees and visitors will begin to see him around Crater Lake
by the end of April, said regional director Jon Jarvis.
Ackerman has
nearly 30 years of national and state park management
experience. During his 17 years at Oregon Caves, as area manager
and later superintendent, he has shepherded in a general
management plan and facilitated the development of a unique
nonprofit concession. His experience with commercial services in
parks led him to serve two details as the acting chief of
concessions for Pacific West Region.
Prior to joining the National Park Service, he managed several
West Virginia state parks and forests, including the state’s
largest, Watoga State Park. Ackerman also served as an NPS
ranger on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi and at Shiloh
National Military Park in Tennessee.
As superintendent of Oregon Caves, he has been an active member
of the executive board of the Southern Oregon Visitors
Association to coordinate and promote outdoor recreation and
tourism and currently is president of that organization.
“Looking out
over Crater Lake and the surrounding forest is an astonishing
view that inspires ideas and enthusiasm” said Ackerman. “To be
able to move into a position of managing one of the crown jewels
of the National Park system, yet still serve and live amongst
the people of southern Oregon is the greatest privilege. I look
forward to working with the fine park staff and dedicated park
partners in preserving this magnificent place.”
Ackerman has a bachelor of science degree in recreation
resources management from West Virginia University. He and his
wife Cynthia have a daughter, Elyssa, who is a graduate of
Oregon State University and a son, Kyle, who is currently a
junior there.
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