Sessions
Welcome and Kickoff Keynote: Charlie Wooley, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thu
Charlie Wooley has also served as a program analyst in Washington, D.C., where he worked with the President’s Domestic Policy Council Interagency Task Force on Wetlands and the House of Representatives’ Merchant Marine Fisheries Committee, and participated in the Interior Department Leadership Training Program.
In December 2018, Charlie Wooley was appointed by President Donald J. Trump to serve a six-year term as the Federal Commissioner representing the United States on the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
Wooley served as Deputy Regional Director from 2004 to 2018 when he assisted the Regional Director to formulate, develop and lead programs, policy and procedures to carry out the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mission in the Midwest Region.
Prior to serving as Deputy, Wooley was the Assistant Regional Director for Ecological Services in the Midwest Region and oversaw endangered species, contaminants and wetland protection programs, as well as various Great Lakes and Mississippi River activities.
Earlier in Wooley’s career, he was the Field Supervisor at the East Lansing Field Office in Michigan for eight years. He has continuously served as the Department of the Interior’s Trustee to the Great Lakes Fishery Trust since 1997. Wooley also serves as the Service’s senior executive representative on the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and the Executive Council advising tribal fisheries management for U.S. vs. Michigan (Treaty of 1836).