OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Department of the Interior attorney will serve as acting superintendent of Olympic National Park beginning Monday.
Rachel Spector will serve for four months while park Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum is on special assignment.
Creachbaum is serving in with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska as part of her year-long participation in the National Park Service’s Senior Executive Service (SEC) candidate development program.
She is serving as a special assistant to the regional director working on climate change issues in the Arctic.
She will return to her duties as Olympic National Park superintendent in late November.
Spector, also a member of the SES candidate development program, is an employee of the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., where she is an attorney in the Division of General Law in the Office of the Solicitor, providing legal counsel to the department on a wide range of administrative law matters.
At Olympic National Park, she will work closely with Deputy Superintendent Lee Taylor to acquire a practical understanding of park operations while working on strategic planning, budget formulation and partnerships.
Prior to her current position in the Division of General Law, Spector served as the assistant solicitor for the Branch of Trust Reform and Litigation in the Division of Indian Affairs in the Solicitor’s Office.
Before joining the Solicitor’s Office, she practiced law in the private sector and served as staff attorney to the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Spector is originally from California and an avid backpacker, said Barb Maynes, park spokeswoman.
For more information about Olympic National Park, see www.nps.gov/olym.
