Vicki Christiansen is an American government official who served as the 19th chief of the United States Forest Service from October 2018 to July 2021.

Prior to assuming the role, Christiansen had spent seven years with the Forest Service and 30 years with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.

Christiansen assumed the role on an interim basis after Tony Tooke, who had been serving as chief for six months, resigned amid allegations of sexual assault and workplace misconduct.

[6] Christiansen later said that, as chief, she would seek to end the culture of harassment within the Forest Service.

[7][8] In June 2021, Christiansen announced her intention to retire from the Forest Service in August 2021,[9] and she formally stepped down as chief on July 26, 2021.