Michael T. Reynolds is currently the environmental director for the Reston Association, a large homeowner and recreational landowner in Reston, VA. He retired in 2024 as the deputy director of external and congressional affairs for the National Park Service (NPS) based in Washington D.C.
Reynolds spent nearly 40 years as a leader in various NPS positions throughout the US, including Cape Cod, Fire Island, Mojave, Yosemite and Olympic National Parks with regional office leadership assignments in Denver, Philadelphia and Omaha among others. He has held different appointments at headquarters in Washington,D.C., including head of workforce and training programs and later deputy ofoperations and the acting director of the agency in 2017.
Reynolds has a degree in environmental studies, an MBA, a certificate in strategic leadership from Cornell University and was a senior executive fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Reynolds has extensive experience negotiating and facilitating environmental and land use issues while also managing complex projects, programs and teams. He is passionateabout large landscape conservation, sustainability and climate resiliency studies. Reynolds loves being outdoors on ski slopes, rivers and trails and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
