The paper on the Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, was written and presented by John J. Reynolds in 2002. Reynolds has worked for the National Park Service for 40 years, joining it in 1962. He worked in a number of positions ranging from landscape architect and park planner to park manager and program director. Among his many leadership roles, Reynolds served as Deputy Director, National Park Service from 1993 to 1996. He was the Director of the Pacific West Region and was responsible for overseeing an area from Nevada to Hawaii and the outer Pacific. John Reynolds served as Senior Fellow in the National Park Foundation, becoming its Executive Vice President for Park Grants and Strategic Alliances in 2005.