Rose Fennell

As Superintendent of Valley Forge National Historical Park, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site and Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, Rosalyn “Rose” Fennell brings extensive leadership experience and community engagement expertise from bookselling and the nonprofit sector to overseeing park and program operations. Formerly the deputy regional director for Interior Region 1, North Atlantic – Appalachian, Rose oversaw operations for parks and programs location in the northern section of the region including upstate New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. Prior to her regional senior leadership position, she served as the deputy superintendent for Boston National Historical Park and Boston African American National Historical Site. She was the NPS Bevinetto Congressional Fellow for 2011-2012, and has served as a special assistant to former NPS Director Jon Jarvis and as legislative specialist in the Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs. Prior to her selection as Congressional Fellow, she was the NPS cooperating association coordinator in Washington, D.C. for nine years and worked for nonprofit organizations whose work intersects with the National Park Service, including the Wilderness Society and the Parks & History Association. Her early career was in the field of bookselling where she was a bookstore clerk, book buyer, book reviewer, and eventually a bookstore owner with locations in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, from 1991 until 1998. Her free time is devoted to family, including her wife Terri, and their companion animals.