Fran Mainella is a Visiting Scholar at Clemson University Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. She is also President of Fran Mainella Consulting,LLC.  Director Mainella served nearly six years as the 16th Director and the first woman to lead the U. S. National Park Service and served 12 years as Director of Florida’s State Parks.  She has also served as executive director of the Florida Recreation and Park Association and as president of both the National Recreation and Park Association and the National Association of State Park Directors. Recipient of numerous awards, Fran is the Outgoing Chair of the Children and Nature Network, having served as a member of C&NN’s Board of Directors since 2010. She is also Founding Co-Chair of the US Play Coalition, Chair of the Pugsley Award committee and Fellow of the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administrators, Chair of the Public Lands Advisory Council to the National Environmental Education Foundation, a member of Newsweek Magazine’s Environmental Advisory Board, a member of the Board of Directors for the National Park Trust, member of the Foundation for Sustainable Parks and Recreation, member of the South Florida National Park Trust, and a highly-sought public speaker.