News Release
News Release Date: October 16, 2026
GRANADA, Colo. — The National Park Service is pleased to announce the selection of Jenn O’Neill as the new site manager of Amache National Historic Site.
O’Neill has worked for the National Park Service for more than a decade, most recently serving for five years as the Partnerships Program Manager at Grand Canyon National Park.
“I am extremely excited to start my next career chapter working with the dedicated NPS team and deeply committed partner community at Amache,” said O’Neill. “My experience combining partnerships and planning is something I feel I can put to good use in this new position. The local community of Granada, Amache’s descendant community, university partners and the Amache Alliance worked tirelessly to help establish Amache as a national historic site, and I am eager to arrive on the High Plains and begin supporting a very talented team as we carry that good work forward.”
O’Neill began her NPS career at Grand Canyon National Park as a volunteer in 2011. In 2012, she accepted her first permanent position as an environmental protection specialist, where her work focused on National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act compliance for partner- and donor-funded projects.
When Grand Canyon consolidated its partnership programs into a single division in 2020, O’Neill became the park’s Partnerships Program Manager. In that role, she supported the park’s philanthropic partners, including Grand Canyon Conservancy and the National Park Foundation, as well as community-based, resource advocacy and intergovernmental partner organizations.
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, O’Neill comes from three generations of family service with the Memphis Fire Department. After attending high school in Colorado, she pursued a career in public land management. She holds bachelor’s degrees in environmental science and parks and recreation management from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.
O’Neill said she is also looking forward to returning to Colorado and living closer to her two adult sons, who attend universities in the state.
Amache National Historic Site, established as a unit of the National Park System in 2024, preserves and interprets the history of the more than 10,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Granada Relocation Center, commonly known as Amache, during World War II. The site is one of four national park units managed by the High Plains Group, headquartered at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in La Junta, Colorado.
Last updated: October 16, 2026