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Karma Hope has rejoined the National Park Service (NPS) Division of Fire and Aviation as a management and program analyst, concentrating on agreements.

ShihMing (pronounced She-Ming) Huang has accepted a new position with the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Wildland Fire as a smoke management specialist focused on technical support. He will serve as a senior staff expert pertaining to advanced technical analyses relating to wildland fire smoke management issues.

Chuck Russell who has served in the National Park Service’s (NPS) Alaska Region Fire Management Office since 2018 has been selected as the NPS Wildland fire operations program lead.

Seth Morphis, the smoke management program coordinator for the Northern Rockies Region of the US Forest Service (USFS), has been selected for the new smoke management specialist (senior policy) position hosted by the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Wildland Fire.

Stephanie (Steph) Auten has been selected as the National Park Service (NPS) Division of Fire and Aviation (DFAM) budget analyst within the Branch of Budget and Administration.

Hannah Jones has joined the National Park Service Division of Fire and Aviation as a budget analyst within the Branch of Budget and Administration.

Rhiannon Touchette has been selected as the visual information specialist (VIS) for the Branch of Communication and Education within the National Park Service (NPS) Division of Fire and Aviation.

Timothy "Timmy" Bailey, park aviation manager at Haleakala National Park in Hawai’i has been selected as the 2023 National Park Service (NPS) Aviation Professional of the Year.

Rebecca “Becky” LaTour began her new position as a management and program analyst for the National Park Service (NPS) Division of Fire and Aviation in mid-January 2024.

Erin Horsburgh, with over 30 years of experience within the Department of the Interior (DOI) has been selected as the new deputy chief for the Branch of Wildland Fire within the National Park Service (NPS).