With over 30 years of experience in wildlife and land management, Greg Sheehan has dedicated his career to wildlife and natural resources management. He currently serves as the President and CEO or the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF), a national organization with membership in all 50 states that works to enhance Mule Deer and Black-tailed Deer populations and their habitats throughout the western US.
Prior to his post at MDF, Greg served as the Utah State Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), overseeing 22.8 million acres—about 42% of the state. His comprehensive management of public lands encompassed a wide range of responsibilities, including wildfire management, oil, gas, and mining operations, grazing programs, wild horse & burros, wilderness and monument management, and recreation planning. His passion for the outdoors spread across his career including roles with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and later, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) where he served as State Director, in addition to serving as the Acting Director/Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in Washington, DC. Under his leadership, he spearheaded initiatives that enhanced hunter and angler access to more than 2 million acres of refuge lands, fostering greater public participation on refuge lands.
Greg is a graduate of Utah State University and served six years at the U.S. Air Force before following his passion for the outdoors as a hunter and fisherman.
