White House Withdraws Nomination of Scott Socha to Lead National Park Service

President Donald Trump’s nomination of hospitality executive Scott Socha to serve as director of the National Park Service has been withdrawn. In a notice sent to the Senate on April 27, the White House listed Socha among nominations withdrawn from consideration, saying that his nomination for National Park Service director, transmitted to the Senate on Feb. 11, had been pulled back. Socha serves as the president of Delaware North Australia and the parks and resorts division of Delaware North, a hospitality and concessions company, with his role based at the company’s global headquarters in Buffalo, New York. Delaware North sued the National Park Service in 2015 in a trademark dispute related to Yosemite National Park and settled for $12 million in 2019 during Trump’s first term....