BLM Announces Selections for Key Leadership Positions

The Bureau of Land Management today announced two key leadership positions. BLM veteran Kristin Bail will serve as the agency’s Acting Director upon completion of Director Neil Kornze's tenure, and Jody L. Hudson has been selected as the Assistant Director for Human Capital Management. Director Kornze is stepping down on January 20 with the transition to the new administration, and Hudson succeeds Carole Carter-Pfisterer who retired from the BLM last month. “Kristin is a thoughtful, effective leader. The BLM family will be in good hands under her leadership,” said Kornze. In her most recent assignment, Bail served as Assistant Director for the BLM’s Resources and Planning Directorate. She previously served as the agency’s Assistant Director for National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships...more