Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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The following is a list of directors of the Fish and Wildlife Service (1940–1956) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (1956–present):[1]

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No. Portrait Director Term start Term end Ref.
1 Ira Noel Gabrielson 1940 March 31, 1946 [2]
2 Albert Merrill Day April 1, 1946 1953 [3]
3 John L. Farley 1953 1957
4 Daniel Hugo Janzen[a] 1957 1964
5 John S. Gottschalk December 1, 1964 1970 [4]
6 Spencer H. Smith 1970 1973
7 Lynn Adams Greenwalt[b] November 12, 1973 October 29, 1974 [5]
October 30, 1974 1981 [6][7][8]
8 Robert A. Jantzen November 17, 1981 March 15, 1985 [9][10]
9 Frank Harper Dunkle 1986 March 15, 1989 [11][12][13]
10 John F. Turner 1989 1993 [14][15]
11 Mollie Hanna Beattie September 14, 1993 June 5, 1996 [16][17][18][19]
acting John G. Rogers Jr. June 5, 1996 July 31, 1997
12 Jamie Rappaport Clark July 31, 1997 January 20, 2001 [20]
acting Marshall Jones January 20, 2001 February 21, 2002 [21]
13 Steven A. Williams February 21, 2002 March 16, 2005 [22]
acting Matthew J. "Matt" Hogan March 16, 2005 October 12, 2005 [23]
14 H. Dale Hall October 12, 2005 January 3, 2009 [24]
acting Rowan W. Gould January 3, 2009 September 1, 2009
15 Samuel D. "Sam" Hamilton III September 1, 2009 February 20, 2010[c] [25][26]
acting Rowan W. Gould February 21, 2010 June 30, 2011 [27]
16 Dan Ashe July 1, 2011 January 19, 2017 [28]
acting Jim Kurth January 20, 2017 May 31, 2017
acting Greg Sheehan June 1, 2017 August 16, 2018 [29]
acting Margaret Everson October 23, 2018 January 6, 2020 [30]
17 Aurelia Skipwith January 6, 2020 January 19, 2021 [31][32]
acting Martha Williams January 20, 2021 March 8, 2022
18 March 8, 2022 January 20, 2025 [33][34]
acting Paul Souza January 20, 2025 July 21, 2025 [35]
acting Justin "J" Shirley July 21, 2025[citation needed] August 18, 2025
19 Brian Nesvik August 18, 2025[citation needed] Incumbent [36]
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Table notes:

  1. [a]
    Father of evolutionary ecologist and conservationist Daniel H. Janzen.
  2. [b]
    Greenwalt had to be sworn in a second time due to an April 1974 Act of Congress that requires the FWS director be a presidential appointee subject to confirmation by the Senate instead of just being appointed by the Secretary of the Interior as previously done.
  3. [c]
    Died in office

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