Margaret Everson is an American lawyer who served as the acting director of the United States National Park Service for six months[1] and the acting director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for 15 months during the first Trump administration.

[5] She was a counselor to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and was the principal deputy director of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bernhardt selected Everson in August 2020 to replace David Vela as acting director of the United States National Park Service.

In September 2020, two environmental groups asked a federal court to remove Everson as head of the Park Service, arguing she was illegally appointed.

The Trump administration was the first in the Park Service's history not to name a permanent director, a job that requires Senate confirmation.