The former deputy forest supervisor for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is now the leader of the Tahoe National Forest.

Eli Ilano has been the deputy on the Tahoe since 2010 and acting forest supervisor since the beginning of the year after Tom Quinn retired. He also had a stint as acting supervisor for LTBMU.

Prior to being hired by the U.S. Forest Service, Ilano worked for the Bureau of Land Management, and in the nonprofit sector focusing on natural resource issues.