Missouri State Parks announces new Director & Deputy Directors | MO State Parks Association

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Ben Ellis, former director of the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation in the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, began his tenure as director of Missouri State Parks on June 15, with a new team of deputy directors, David Kelly and Mike Sutherland. The appointments are welcome news to leaders of MPA and also to state park staff, who have been making do since January without key leaders through one of the most challenging legislative sessions and biggest flood events in state park history. . . .

The new director of state parks, Ben Ellis, has some Missouri experience, having earned a masters degree in journalism at the University of Missouri and taught high school journalism at Smithville. He also worked in Hong Kong for the Asian Wall Street Journal and as a journalist in New York, Colorado, and Alaska before moving into various policy-related positions with the Institute of the North, the Department of State, the Alaska SeaLife Center, and the Kenai River Sportfishing Association. He served as director of state parks from 2011-2017.

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Missouri State Parks announces new Director & Deputy Directors | MO State Parks Association

MoBikeFed comment: Welcome to our new state parks Director Ben Ellis, continuing Deputy Director David Kelly, and new Deputy Director Mike Sutherland--a longtime Missouri State Legislator and champion of bicycling and walking in the state.