Tom Worthington

Tom Worthington

Director at Large

  • Worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 38 years before retiring in 2018 as the Deputy Regional Chief of Refuges for the Midwest Region. 
  • Started his career with the Service at the Okefenokee Refuge in southeast Georgia, moved to Minnesota Valley Refuge in 1983 and later took on a variety of Refuge System leadership positions in the Midwest Regional Office.  
  • Remains active on the Service’s History Committee, recording oral histories from retired Service employees and partners. 
  • Enjoys playing tennis and sailing. 
  • He and his wife Melissa volunteer at the Refuge Nature Store and Information Desk and are frequent refuge trail hikers. 
  • Tom is on the Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends Board of Directors.