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Executive Director
John A. Arway
John Arway's August 23, 2010 appearance on WITF Radio Smart Talk call-in program
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The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is appointed by our 10 Commissioners.  The Executive Director is the Commission's chief executive officer as well as chief waterways conservation officer, and has charge of all activities under the jurisdiction of the Commission.

The Director is a member of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board, Water Resources Council, and Wild Resource Conservation Board and an ex officio member of the Boating Advisory Board and the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

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John ArwayJohn Arway was named the 10th Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission March 2, 2010.

A 30-year veteran of the Commission, Mr. Arway had served as chief of the Environmental Services Division within the Bureau of Fisheries.

Mr. Arway has been the environmental advisor to the executive director and other agency staff for more than 20 years. In addition to leading the Environmental Services Division, he represents the Commission on numerous committees and boards, including the Director’s alternate on the Environmental Quality Board; the Pennsylvania Biological Survey’s Steering Committee; PA Council of Trout Unlimited’s Environmental Committee and Rivers Conservation Camp and Fly Fishing School’s Board of Directors; Governor’s Pesticide Advisory Board; Governor’s Green Government Council; Coldwater Heritage Partnership Program; and the Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass Water Quality Workgroup.

A native of North Huntingdon, Mr. Arway holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in biology from Tennessee Technological University. He holds memberships in numerous organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Fisheries Society (currently first Vice President of the Northeast Division); North American Benthological Society; Ducks Unlimited; PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs; National Trout Unlimited; and the SONS of Lake Erie.

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Executive Directors
(date appointed)
Charles A. French
April 25, 1949
William Voigt Jr.
September 12, 1955
Albert M. Day
July 18, 1960
Robert J. Bielo
January 1, 1965
Ralph W. Abele
January 3, 1972
Edward R. Miller
June 1, 1987
Lawrence W. Hoffman
March 1, 1994
Peter A. Colangelo
October 3, 1994
Douglas J. Austen, Ph.D.
January 27, 2004
John A. Arway
March 2, 2010
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