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Dru Buntin

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Dru Buntin
Prior offices:
Missouri Director of Natural Resources
Years in office: 2021 - 2025
Successor: Kurt Schaefer (Nonpartisan)
Education
Bachelor's
University of Missouri, Columbia, 1994
Personal
Profession
Executive

Dru Buntin was the Missouri Director of Natural Resources. Buntin assumed office on August 11, 2021. Buntin left office on January 13, 2025.

Gov. Mike Parson (R) appointed Buntin to the position on August 11, 2021, to replace Carol Comer.[1]

Biography

Dru Buntin earned a B.A. in political science and government from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1994. Buntin's career experience includes working as the deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the executive director of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, and a legislative liaison with the Missouri Governor's Office in Washington, D.C. He served on the board of Friends of Rocheport.[2]

Political career

Missouri Department of Natural Resources (2021 - 2025)

Gov. Mike Parson appointed Buntin to the position on August 11, 2021, to replace Carol Comer.[1]

See also

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Political offices
Preceded by
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Missouri Director of Natural Resources
2021-2025
Succeeded by
Kurt Schaefer