President Obama intends to nominate Neil Kornze to become the next Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Kornze has been serving as interim Director of BLM since March 2013. He moved to BLM in 2011 from a position as Senior Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Kornze holds a degree in Politics from Whitman College and a master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Sources: Department of the Interior