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Brad Bennett will be the new superintendent of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.A man who grew up in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains and started his career with the National Park Service as a volunteer at the Grand Canyon will head the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park starting this summer.
Brad Bennett assumes the post on June 1, replacing former park superintendent Cathy Cook, who retired April 1 after coming here from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2010 with 33 years of service at 12 different federal parks.
Bennett brings a similar resume of service, said regional park service spokesman Bill Reynolds in the Atlanta office.
“He’s been superintendent of Andersonville for the past five years, so he has some great knowledge of Civil War history and an appreciation for what that history means to local communities,” Reynolds said Tuesday. “He’s done a really good job of building teams and coalitions with partners in the past and we think he’ll continue to do that going forward in his new position.”