Stephanie Simek announced as leader of New Hampshire Fish and Game

Stephanie Simek has been named the new executive director of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Simek, a TWS member, is the first woman to ever hold the position. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission unanimously approved her appointment to the role. With over 30 years of natural resources experience, Simek has spent the last decade of her career working for agencies with the state of Washington. “I’m really trying to contain myself here, because I’m trying to be very professional, but I’m super excited about this opportunity,” Simek said in an interview with the New Hampshire Bulletin. “I have worked my whole career preparing for a position of this caliber.” Simek holds a bachelor’s degree in fisheries and wildlife from Virginia Tech, a master’s degree in environmental and forest biology from State University of New York, and a doctorate in forest resources from Mississippi State University.

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