Jeffrey (Jeff) Herod was recently selected to be a Program Coordinator with Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Fisheries Division. He has extensive experience on natural resources issues at all levels of the Federal Government across the contiguous U.S. and Pacific Islands. Jeff was a biologist with U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Navy, and Bureau of Land Management. In his career he has served on over 30 technical committees. Jeff served as Secretary in 2004 for the American Fisheries Society Southern Division Non-game Aquatics Technical Committee, and served in 2018 on the AFWA Invasive Species Subcommittee, as well as the Department of Interior Invasive Species Task Force. Jeff’s work is summarized in agency documents, technical reports and peer-reviewed journal articles. In his various roles, Jeff has served as program and regional coordinator for teams to prevent and suppress invasive species populations, and reduce the negative impacts to native species. He holds an Associates of Science from Hocking College (Nelsonville, OH), a Bachelor of Science from Arkansas Tech University (Russellville, AR), and graduate work toward a Master of Science from Murray State University (Murray, KY). Jeff has been a CWB® since February 2022.
