Tom Finley Named New Director of Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has appointed Tom Finley as the new director of the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

The appointment came in a unanimous 5-0 vote at the Commission’s Sept. 5 meeting in Prescott. Finley will replace outgoing director Ty Gray who is retiring after 31 years with the agency, the past seven as director.

Finley has been with Game and Fish for 33 years and is currently the agency’s deputy director. He will assume the director position following a brief transition period.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department director is appointed by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, a five-member citizen board that sets policy and has broad oversight of the department. The director serves as the department’s chief administrative officer and is responsible for the general supervision and control of all activities, functions and employees of the department.