Our Staff & Offices

Park Management and Administration

Encompasses activities related to park-wide administrative, managerial, and support functions, as well as safety and planning. In addition, this area is responsible for working with external constituencies in order to develop valuable park partnerships. Altogether, the Management and Administration area provides a host of essential services to enable park employees to focus on accomplishing core mission operations and their functional duties.

Superintendent	Brian K. McCutchen
Administrative Officer	Ashley N. Baggett (Acting)
Administrative Support Assistant	Ashley N. Baggett

Interpretation and Visitor Services
The division of Interpretation and Education conducts a variety of activities that allow visitors from elementary age through adulthood to experience and learn about the park's resources and threats to those resources. Fort Donelson interpreters manage and staff the park's visitor center.

Interpretive events and media publications serve to encourage the development of a personal stewardship ethic and to broaden public support for preserving park resources. Interpretive rangers present Fort Donelson to visitors through formal interpretation at the park with talks, demonstrations, special events and with informal interpretation.

Fort Donelson's interpretive media infrastructure encompasses outdoor exhibits, visitor center displays, site bulletins, booklets, informational rack cards, and maintenance of the park website.

Chief of Resource Education	Doug Richardson [phone], ext. 108
Park Ranger (Interpretation)	Susan Hawkins [phone], ext. 103
Park Ranger (Interpretation)	Deborah Austin [phone], ext. 105
Park Ranger (Interpretation)	Vacant

Facility Management and Law Enforcement
The Maintenance functional area encompasses all activities designed to improve or prolong the life of the park's assets. The preservation of these resources allows for visitors to safely enjoy their activities at Fort Donelson.

Maintenance is dedicated to prolonging the life and improving the interior and exterior condition of the four historic and seventeen buildings at Fort Donelson National Battlefield and National Cemetery.

Fort Donelson has an extensive trail system with 5.7 miles of trails for hiking. Maintenance activities include repair and rehabilitation of trails in order to prolong the life of these precious assets.

Supervisory Facility Manager	Scott Mapes [phone], ext. 106
Custodian	Christopher Helisek
Facility Management Assistant	Whitni Earhart
Maintenance Worker	Ronnie Hicks
Maintenance Worker	Mitchell Earhart
Motor Vehicle Operator	Bobby Hogan
Park Ranger, Law Enforcement	Garnet Tritt
Chief Ranger, Law Enforcement and Resources Management	Michael Manning

 

Michael Manning is the Chief Ranger at Fort Donelson National Battlefield, entrusted with the protection of the park's precious resources, and the safety and security of park visitors and staff. Park Ranger Garnet Tritt also helps protect our precious resources and you, the visitor.

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Fort Donelson Staff, December 2012

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