Mitchell Leverette

Mitchell Leverette has been the Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern States Director since July 2020, after serving as acting Deputy Assistant Director and acting Assistant Director for Energy, Minerals, and Realty Management in the Washington, DC Office. Leverette has been with the BLM for more than 38years, starting as a staff geologist at the BLM California State Office, where he worked across several mineral programs for over 17 years.

Leverette moved to Washington, DC in 2004 to serve as the Deputy Division Chief for Solid Minerals and became Division Chief in 2008. Over the last 15 years, he completed a number of national-level assignments in key positions, including acting Eastern States Director, BLM Budget Officer, and Deputy Director for the National Operations Center. In 2025, Leverette also served again as Acting Assistant Director for Energy, Minerals and Realty Management at BLM headquarters for six months. 

Leverette holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and a Master of Science degree in geology and geochemistry from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.