Henri Bisson

Henri Bisson retired in 2009, after more than 34 years of service with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). He began his BLM career in 1974, a tenure that involved positions in Colorado, Arizona, California, Alaska (as BLM State Director) and Washington, DC. Henri served as the BLM’s Deputy Director for Operations in Washington, DC from 2006 until retirement. During this time, he also served as Acting Senior Advisor for Alaska Affairs for Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Bisson received numerous leadership awards throughout his career, including two Meritorious Presidential Rank awards and several Secretarial Executive Leadership Awards. He is the Past-President and a Board Member of the Public Lands Foundation; a nonprofit dominated by retired BLM employees. As a consultant since retirement, he worked on providing mitigation for major solar projects in the California Desert, resolved a major issue with the federal government for the City of Tucson, assisted the Doyon Native Corporation on resolving several issues of concern in Alaska and also helped to develop Encroachment Plans for many military bases in the Western United States. Henri has a BS in Forest Resources from the University of New Hampshire and an MS in Watershed Management from the University of Arizona.