HSU Alum Named Associate Chief Of Forest Service

Hank Kashdan previously served as USFS budget director

Humboldt Sentinel
1/9/08
By Sentinel Staff

ARCATA -- Humboldt State University alumnus Hank Kashdan (’73) has been named associate chief for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service based in Washington, D.C.

“Hank brings 35 years of operational and natural resource management experience from all levels of the agency to this position,” department chief Abigail Kimbell said. “He has been a key figure in our efforts to address a new safety culture, managerial discipline and centralized services, as well as reinvigoration of our Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers.”

Kashdan, who became a senior executive in 2001 when he was appointed Forest Service budget director, said he welcomed “the challenges of the future as we work the crucial decisions and demands on natural resources.”

The Humboldt State alumnus earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1973 and has served in a variety of positions at the Forest Service, including assistant director in law enforcement and national forest administrative officer.

Kashdan was assigned to duty stations in California, Oregon, Washington State, Arizona, Idaho and Montana before his transfer to Washington, D.C., in 1993.