The U.S. Senate voted last week to confirm Aurelia Skipwith as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a vote of 52-39. Skipwith has served as deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior since April 2017.
“Aurelia Skipwith’s leadership at the Department of the Interior has been vital in helping us advance the President’s priorities for the American people,” said U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt. “I look forward to working with her in her new capacity.”
Previously, she served as assistant corporate counsel at Alltech Inc., an all-natural animal nutrition company. She then became general counsel at AVC Global, an agricultural logistics and financing firm she co-founded.
Skipwith earned her B.S. in biology from Howard University, M.S. in molecular biology from Purdue University, and J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
“I am truly honored to serve the American people under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Bernhardt,” Skipwith said. “I am grateful for the confidence that the Senate has placed in me, and I look forward to helping the Secretary advance this Administration’s priorities for the Department, for the Service and for American conservation.”
In her new role, she will oversee a workforce of over 8,500 personnel charged with the mission of working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
