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Sara Parker Pauley

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Sara Parker Pauley
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Prior offices
Deputy Director Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Missouri Director of Natural Resources

Education

High school

Hickman High School

Bachelor's

University of Missouri, Columbia

Law

University of Missouri, Columbia

Sara Parker Pauley is a former director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Pauley was appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon in December 2010 and took office in 2011.[1] She served in that position until November 2016 when she became the director of the Missouri Department of Conservation.[2]

Biography

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From 1996 to 1998, Pauley served as chief of staff to former Missouri Speaker of the House Steve Gaw. From 2001 to 2005 she was deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and public liaison to several constituencies. After that she was Executive Vice President of PrimeGen Power USA, a start-up distributed power energy company, and a project manager for D.J. Case & Associates, a natural resources communications firm.[1]

Education

  • Bachelor's degree - University of Missouri at Columbia
  • Juris Doctor - University of Missouri at Columbia

Political career

Missouri Director of Natural Resources

Pauley served as the director of Missouri's Department of Natural Resources from her appointment by Gov. Nixon in 2011 until November 2016. Prior to the appointment, she had five years of experience working as the deputy director of the department.[1] Pauley went on to become the director of the Missouri Department of Conservation.[2]

Appointments

2011

Pauley was appointed Missouri Director of Natural Resources by Gov. Jay Nixon in 2011.[3]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Missouri Director of Natural Resources
2011–2016
Succeeded by
Carol Comer