Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cassius Cash (born December 10, 1968) is a federal career official who serves as the 16th superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, encompassing the eponymous mountain range in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. He started his career in the Forest Service, in wildlife management, and nearly two decades later transferred to the National Park Service.

He is the former superintendent of Boston National Historical Park and Boston African American National Historic Site. In 2015 he was selected as the first African American superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the United States welcoming over 12 million visitors a year.


He became the FIRST African American to serve as Superintendent of both national park sites. Cash has been one of the principal leaders to align both the Freedom Trail and the Black Heritage Trail as one marketing brand at Faneuil Hall in Boston.  Cash also was largely responsible for securing the final federal government funding to completely restore the historic African Meeting House in Boston.