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Schoodic Institute, a nonprofit partner of Acadia National Park, has appointed Nicholas Fisichelli as interim president and CEO.
Fisichelli steps up to the role from his previous position as Schoodic’s director of science and education, according to a news release.
In his new role, he will provide leadership in all phases of the institute’s work while continuing forest ecology research examining natural resource dynamics in a continuously changing world.
Fisichelli takes over from Don Kent, who arrived at Schoodic as president and CEO in January 2018 and recently resigned from that role. According to Kent's LinkedIn profile, he is now a principal at Healthy Landscapes, which promotes sustainability, scientific literacy and environmental stewardship.
"Nick Fisichelli has consistently demonstrated leadership and vision, while making significant advancements in science and education at Acadia and other national parks around the nation,” Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider said in the release.
David Ellwood, chair of Schoodic Institute’s board of directors, noted that Fisichelli is a committed educator with a passion for hands-on, citizen science learning strategies.
“He has repeatedly demonstrated exceptional capacity for pursuing collaborative solutions to critical environmental challenges, leading science and education activities across the park and across the world,” Ellswood said in the release. “He has been instrumental in the transformative Second Century Stewardship initiative with the park.”
Second Century Stewardship is a collaboration between Schoodic Institute, the National Park Service, National Park Foundation, and other institutions.
The goal is to advance science and invite visitors and others to view national parks through a “science lens.”
“I am honored to take on this interim role and continue our work at Schoodic to understand environmental change and engage people in science and solutions,” Fisichelli said in the release.
Fisichelli's work focuses on ecosystem dynamics and land management challenges through scientific understanding, education efforts and stewardship guidance in diverse partnerships. He was a Fulbright Fellow in Germany and earned his doctorate in forest ecology from the University of Minnesota in 2012. He also previously worked at Shenandoah National Park and Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park was created after the former U.S. Navy base on Schoodic Point, completely within the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park, was returned to the National Park Service. Multimillion-dollar investments of federal and philanthropic funding have been made to improve the campus. The institute supports scientific research of importance to the national parks, provides professional development for teachers and helps train a new generation of conservation stewards. As partners in science and education, Schoodic Institute and Acadia National Park together manage the largest of 18 National Park Service Research Learning Centers in the United States, and are national leaders in the development of new techniques to involve the public in science and conservation.
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