About Kenneth D. Haddad
Ken is the Executive Director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The FWC is has responsibility for rule-making, management, enforcement, and science relative to fish and wildlife resources statewide. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the FWC and serves a seven-member Commission. He also serves as member of the state lands Acquisition and Restoration Council, Chairman of the Science Coordinating Group of the Everglades Restoration Task Force, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Past-President of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, secretary-treasurer of the Wildlife Foundation of Florida, and is an appointed member of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Partnership Council for the Department of Interior. He has a Masters of Science in marine science from the University of South Florida and a B.S. in biology from Presbyterian College. His specialties have included, red tide research, fisheries and fisheries habitat, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.
Ken has served as the Director of the FWC Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) in St. Petersburg, Florida. As Director, he was responsible for conducting the applied scientific monitoring and assessment of Florida’s marine resources and served as the state’s chief scientific liaison to the Florida legislature, other state agencies, and federal government on marine resource scientific issues and marine resource management issues. He also served as the interim director of the FWC Division of Marine Fisheries and acted as the state’s fisheries manager directing the planning, coordination, administration of the affairs of the Division of Marine Fisheries.