News Release

Lisa Baldwin Selected as Superintendent of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

News Release Date: July 1, 2020 National Park Service News Release
Release Date: July 1, 2020
Contact: Norma M. Pineda [phone] x221
Lisa Baldwin Selected as Superintendent of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 1, 2020

DENVER — National Park Service Regional Director Mike Reynolds announced the selection of Lisa Baldwin as superintendent of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in New Mexico. Baldwin, an archaeologist by training, has a strong background in resource preservation and cultural resources management with the National Park Service. She currently serves as the chief of resource stewardship and science at Dinosaur National Monument, a position she has held since 2015. She will assume her new role on July 5, 2020.

“Lisa’s familiarity with the Southwest and her extensive experience in resource management make her a great fit for this position,” said Reynolds. “Her collaborative communication style along with her commitment to tribal relationships will be an incredibly strong asset to the park.”

“I'm excited for the opportunity to work in a national monument with such a rich and multilayered history,” said Baldwin. “I look forward to joining the team at the park and continuing the tradition of collaboration with Tribes and other stakeholders.”

Prior to her current position, Baldwin served as the cultural resources program manager at the Flagstaff Area Monuments in Arizona that includes Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano and Walnut Canyon national monuments. She has also worked as a project manager for the National Park Service Vanishing Treasures Program that supports the preservation of traditionally built architecture in the Western United States, and recently completed a detail as the acting chief of cultural resources for the National Park Service regional office in Lakewood, Colorado.

Before joining the National Park Service, Baldwin worked as an archaeology technician and lab assistant for the Gila River Indian Community in Phoenix, Arizona. Her first fieldwork assignment as an archaeologist was near Grants, New Mexico, a couple hours west of Salinas Pueblo Missions. Baldwin earned her master’s in anthropology with a focus in Southwestern archaeology from Northern Arizona University and dual bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and history from Arizona State University.

Baldwin is excited to return to this area of the Southwest. She enjoys reading, crafting, exploring new areas and different cultures, and spending time outdoors hiking and enjoying nature. Baldwin has three daughters; her youngest daughter also works for the National Park Service.