Chief of Staff, Southeast Region
About Laurel Barnhill
Laurel Barnhill has served as the Chief of Staff since October 2019. She joined the Service in 2011 as the National Wildlife Refuge System Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator and then as the Chief of the Migratory Bird Program. Laurel’s prior positions were as the Bird Conservation Coordinator for South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Biologist for the USDA Forest Service – Savannah River, and Passerine Bird Coordinator for Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Laurel earned a M.S. in Zoology from the University of Arkansas and a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from the University of Vermont.