CHRISTOPHER L. MORRIS DIRECTOR JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL CEMETERY JACKSONVILLE, FL Christopher Morris was named Director of Jacksonville National Cemetery effective January 31, 2022. He is responsible for all administrative, maintenance, and burial operations at the facility. He also oversees St. Augustine National Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida. Prior to this position, Mr. Morris served as the Chief of Interment Operations of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia where he led a team of 64 personnel from June 2021. He also served as Director of the Salisbury National Cemetery Complex in Salisbury, North Carolina where he oversaw Salisbury Historic/Annex, Raleigh, New Bern and Wilmington National Cemeteries in North Carolina and Danville National Cemetery in Virginia from June 2020, Director of Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan from October 2018 where his team earned the Organizational Excellence Award, and as Assistant Director of Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Virginia from Aug 2017. He is a 2017 graduate of the National Cemetery Administration's (NCA) comprehensive year-long Cemetery Director Intern Program. Mr. Morris’ NCA career began in 2015 at Louisiana National Cemetery as a Program Support Assistant. In this position he also served veterans and their families at both Baton Rouge and Port Hudson National Cemeteries. Mr. Morris was responsible for the management of the cemetery’s budget, contracting, and administrative operations. He was also the facility’s Veterans Outreach Manager and Minority Veterans Program Coordinator. Before joining the NCA, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He managed personnel readiness divisions for contingency operations and deployment related systems. His final assignment was at Louisiana State University, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, where he served as an Aerospace Studies Instructor/Advisor. Mr. Morris taught the introduction to air power, advanced skills, leadership and management to over 200 cadets.   Mr. Morris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in human resource management from Park University and an Associate of Applied Science degree in human resource management from the Community College of the Air Force.