Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey announced August 1 the selection of Joan Guilfoyle to be the new chief of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Division. Guilfoyle, who is currently Service First National Coordinator for the BLM and three other Federal agencies, succeeds Don Glenn, who retired in December 2010. Guilfoyle will report to her new position on August 15.

Abbey said Guilfoyle "brings a diverse set of skills, experience, and expertise that will enable her to meet the formidable challenges facing the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. Joan has demonstrated a commitment to accountability, transparency, and partnering with stakeholders in her work, and she will advance our agency’s effort to create what I have called a ‘new normal’ for doing business in wild horse and burro management."

Guilfoyle said, "I am pleased to have been selected for this critical BLM position in a program that is under the bright light of public scrutiny. I will implement the ongoing reforms of the Wild Horse and Burro Program in the most effective manner possible so that we can put this program on a sustainable track."

In her current position in Washington, D.C., as Service First National Coordinator for the BLM, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Guilfoyle has provided leadership on streamlining and integrating agency processes to improve customer service, enhance natural and cultural resource management, and increase efficiency within and between agencies