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Contact: Andrew Munoz, 206 220-4260 SAN FRANCISCO –The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Jacqueline Ashwell to be the next superintendent of World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, including the USS Arizona Memorial;and the newly created Honouliuli National Monument. Ashwell replaces Paul DePrey who left the park to lead Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites in Massachusetts. "Jacqueline is a proven leader whose work as superintendent of the Seattle Area National Park Sites has been superb," said Patricia Neubacher, NPS Pacific West Region acting regional director. "She is skilled at The 22-year NPS veteran currently serves as the superintendent of the Seattle Area National Park Sites, which include Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park –Seattle Unit, the Bainbridge Island Unit "It will be an incredible honor to serve as the superintendent of World War II Valor in the Pacific and Honouliuli national monuments," said Ashwell. "Visitors from around the world are able to experience history Ashwell will assume her new role Oct. 19. She joined the agency as a volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1993, where she was quickly brought into a student hire position. She worked to document the park's more than 150 historic cemeteries, In 2004, Ashwell switched tracks again to law enforcement. She served as the Dyea townsite ranger for Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska from 2004 to 2009. She also enjoyed a long-term temporary assignment as the chief ranger of Sitka National Historic Park in 2009. Ashwell has been deeply involved in the Seattle historic preservation community, working with the Alliance for Pioneer Square and the National Trust for Historic Preservation on projects to interpret and protect World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument preserves and interprets the stories of the
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Last updated: August 7, 2015