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    Commissioner - Seventh District

    COUNTIES: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming

    William Gibney

    Headshot of Commissioner William Gibney

    Commissioner William Gibney of Honesdale, Wayne County, represents the Seventh District of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, encompassing Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties. He was appointed in June 2019.

    Commissioner Gibney is from Waymart, Pennsylvania and graduated from Western Wayne High School. He received a B.S. degree in Biology and Secondary Education from King's College in Wilkes-Barre and completed an M.S. degree at the University of Scranton.

    Commissioner Gibney recently retired from the Wayne Highlands School District in Honesdale following a more than 33-year career teaching physics and biology. He served as science department chair and was the boys and girls tennis coach for most of his career at Honesdale High School. Commissioner Gibney also taught biology, physics and astronomy as an adjunct faculty for several colleges and universities. He served as a Deputy Wildlife Conservation Officer for 13 years and as a State Park Ranger for 9 years.

    Commissioner Gibney is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys fishing, especially fly fishing, upland bird hunting, cross country skiing and boating. He was also previously involved in Boy Scouting as a volunteer Scoutmaster and Committee Chairman. Commissioner Gibney endeavors to continue and enhance Pennsylvania's reputation as a destination for fishing and boating and to maintain and improve the Commission's reputation as a national leader in fisheries and waterways conservation.

    Commissioner Gibney and his wife, Karen, live near Honesdale in Wayne County and share their home with two bird dogs.