Student Center Ballroom B

Deputy Director of the Bureau of Land Management

The Marion Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs Committee would like to invite you to attend Paul Simon Public Policy Institute's Event: The Gil and Jean Kroening Lecture with Steven Ellis, on Oct. 20 at 1130a.m. at the SIUC Student Center Ballroom B.

You do NOT have to be a member of the Legislative Affairs Committee to join us at this event. 

THE GIL AND JEAN KROENING LECTURE "Managing America's Public Lands: A Look at the Bureau of Land Management's Complex Mission" Steven Ellis  SIU ALUMNUS '76 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Thursday, Oct. 20 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Luncheon Event SIU Carbondale Student Center Ballroom B   RSVP to Cary Day by Monday, Oct. 17 at 618/453-4008 or  rsvp@paulsimoninstitute.org     RSVP ONLINE NOW Steven Ellis '76 is the deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and most senior career official in the BLM.  He has oversight responsibilities for more than 245 million acres of public land and a $1 billion budget. Ellis' career with the BLM began in 1979 when he was hired as a forester in Idaho. After that he moved to Washington, D.C., as a program and budget analyst, during which time he also served as associate district manager of an area in southern Nevada that included such diverse issues as wild horse management, real estate, mining and recreation. In 1997, he became a district manager in Oregon, then moved up the ladder to deputy state director for resources and planning in Alaska, forest supervisor at the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon, and then Idaho state director in 2010.