The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission and Executive Director Dan Gibbs have chosen Laura Clellan as the sole finalist for the position of CPW Director.
Per statute, the public notice of the sole finalist will be posted for 14 days.
The commission will then hold a special virtual public meeting on Monday, Feb. 23, to consider the appointment of the director. Details on the meeting will be posted on the CPW Commission webpage. Comments to the commission can be submitted to the Commission Engage Page.
Clellan has been serving as CPW acting director since December 2025. She has extensive management, organization and military experience. In her civilian life she was chief for leadership and employee development in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Lakewood and worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. For the state of Colorado, she served as adjutant general and executive director of the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs before retiring in October 2025. Maj. Gen. Clellan has more than three decades of decorated military service and multiple overseas deployments.
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