Woody Smeck has extensive experience in park management and landscape architecture, currently serving as a Project Manager with National Experienced Workforce Solutions since June 2022. In this role, Woody focuses on management strategies, land use planning, and project management for national parks in the Pacific West Region. Woody's prior experience includes a distinguished 30-year career with the National Park Service, culminating in the position of Deputy Regional Director for the Pacific West Region. Notable roles include Superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, acting Superintendent for Grand Canyon and Yosemite National Parks during critical transitions, and Deputy Superintendent of Yosemite National Park, overseeing a broad array of operations and planning. Woody holds a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, both from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona.
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National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions)
The National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions)is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting experienced workers as a valuable and critical component of the nation’s workforce. Since its establishment in 1997 NEW Solutions has -- through thousands of workers ages 55+ -- provided over 23 million hours of dedicated, experienced labor to nine federal agencies. NEW Solutions currently operates cost-effective, flexible and innovative experienced worker programs for the Environmental Protection Agency (https://see-ems.newsolutions.org/home), the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the US Department of Agriculture (https://ace-ems.newsolutions.org/home), U.S. Forest Services (https://forest-ems.newsolutions.org/home), Senior Community Service Employment Program, Bureau of Land Management (https://blm-ems.newsolutions.org/home), National Park Service (https://nps-ems.newsolutions.org/home), Economic Research Service (https://ers-ems.newsolutions.org/home), National Agricultural Statistics Service (https://nass-ems.newsolutions.org/home), Agricultural Research Service (https://ars-ems.newsolutions.org/home) and Fish and Wildlife Service (https://fws-ems.newsolutions.org/home). We work closely with those agencies to recruit, place and support work-ready, skilled and experienced older adults for positions, both full- and part-time, that support the critical missions of the agencies.