| December 11, 2006
NEW SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST SUPERVISOR REPORTS FOR WORK
(Santa Fe, NM)-Daniel Jiron, recently named Forest Supervisor of the Santa Fe National Forest by Southwestern Regional Forester Harv Forsgren reported for his first day of work today at the Supervisor’s Office in Santa Fe.
Following a three-year stretch in the Washington Office as Press Officer with the USDA Forest Service, Jiron is looking forward to connecting with the land and people of New Mexico.
“Dan has outstanding leadership skills from his many challenging assignments throughout the Forest Service,” said Harv Forsgren, “He has much experience working with a wide variety of individuals, groups and organizations that will serve him well as Forest Supervisor.” Jiron succeeds Gilbert Zepeda as Forest Supervisor. Zepeda now serves as Director of Forestry, Forestry Health and Protection, Cooperative and International Forestry in the Forest Service Regional Office in Albuquerque.
Jiron has over 20 years of public sector management at the federal, state, and local level, including the US Congress. His job prior to coming to the Santa Fe National Forest was in the Washington Office as National Press Officer, providing strategic advice on external communications related to agency work. He began his career as a Congressional Aide to retired Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell for six years. From there he went to the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Comanche and Cimarron National Grasslands for four years as their Public Affairs Officer. He served as a District Ranger on both the Pike National Forest and the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, totaling seven years. In 2001 he served as the Regional Director of Public Affairs for the Intermountain Region before heading to Washington, DC in 2003.
Dan Jiron holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social and Political Science from Colorado State University and a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies/Urban Anthropology from Regis University in Denver.
His family roots span from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Pueblo, Colorado. He can trace his ancestors in New Mexico back to the 1600’s. “I am thrilled to be coming back to the Southwest and look forward to getting to know forest employees and working with people, external to the agency, who have an interest in the management and use of the Santa Fe National Forest,” stated Jiron, “I also look forward to enjoying the wonderful recreation opportunities that all of New Mexico offers.”
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