U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recently announced the appointment of two Deputy Assistant Secretaries to serve as leaders at the Department. Aurelia Skipwith will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks and former House Natural Resources senior staffer Katharine MacGregor will serve as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management.
In her job as Deputy Assistant Secretary for FWP, Skipwith will assist in the development and implementation of the Administration’s policy objectives on matters relating to public lands and wildlife. She brings with her years of national and international experience in both the public and private sectors and nonprofits. She is a graduate of Howard University and earned a J.D. from the University of Kentucky and is a licensed member of the Kentucky Bar.
Skipwith was in the Bitterroot valley recently visiting the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. She took a tour of the refuge with Refuge Manager Tom Reed and State Senator Fred Thomas. Skipwith said that she is visiting places across the country to get a feel for the land she will be managing and get a sense of the local needs and priorities.