Janet Kennedy Oral History Transcript

Janet describes being a military kid who ended up in Maine after her father retired from the Marine Corps.  Her first federal positions were with the National Park Service, where she gained her law enforcement commission and interacted with visitors at various national parks and sites.  She gained permanent status with the National Park Service but returned to New England with a position as the ORP at Parker River NWR, and then at Great Meadows NWR.  Janet describes her detail back to Parker River NWR to work on the new visitor center development and construction, her subsequent promotion to Project Leader at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and then some highlights from her last position in the Regional Office in Hadley, where she worked collaboratively with Tony Léger and the other members of the Senior Leadership Team to develop policy and guide refuges in New England and New Jersey.