The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9,1970;it began operation on December 2,1970,after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,as well as numerous other environmental statutes. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.
Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer,environmentalist,and businesswoman,who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm.
Lisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position.
W. Michael McCabe is an American policy advisor specializing in environmental and energy policy. He had previously served as a Regional Administrator,and later Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),being the only person in the Agency's history to serve as both. Between 2003 and 2006,McCabe consulted for DuPont and led DuPont's defense against an EPA lawsuit of the toxic PFAS chemical PFOA. In November 2020 he was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team.
The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) is a state cabinet-level agency within the government of California. The mission of CalEPA is to restore,protect and enhance the environment,to ensure public health,environmental quality and economic vitality.
Linda Jane Fisher was a Vice President Safety,Health and Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer of DuPont.
Jacqueline Ellen Schafer was the first United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy,holding office from 1990 to 1992.
Robert Perciasepe is an American former government official who currently serves as a senior adviser to McKinsey and Company and the nonprofit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions,following his role as President of the organization. He served as the Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the administration of Barack Obama.
Regina McCarthy is an American air quality expert who served as the first White House national climate advisor from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as the thirteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017.
Catherine McCabe is a retired public administrator and environmental lawyer who served as acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January to February 2017 and commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection from January 2018 to January 2021.
Andrew R. Wheeler is an American attorney who served as the 15th administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019 to 2021. He served as the deputy administrator from April to July 2018,and served as the acting administrator from July 2018 to February 2019. He has been a senior advisor to Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin since March 2022. He previously worked in the law firm Faegre Baker Daniels,representing coal magnate Robert E. Murray and lobbying against the Obama administration's environmental regulations. Wheeler served as chief counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and to the chairman U.S. senator James Inhofe,prominent for his rejection of climate change. Wheeler is a critic of limits on greenhouse gas emissions and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy is an office within the White House Office that is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It is headed by the Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor,which is president's chief advisor on domestic climate change policy. In addition,the National Climate Advisor serves as vice-chair of the National Climate Task Force.
Michael Stanley Regan is an American environmental regulator. He served as the 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2024. He was the first African American man to serve in the role.
Janet Garvin McCabe is an American attorney and academic who served as the deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from April 29,2021 to October 4,2024.
Charlotte Bertrand is an American government official who had served as Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in her capacity as Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water for a few hours following the conclusion of the term of Andrew R. Wheeler at noon on January 20,2021. President Joe Biden signed an executive order naming principal deputy assistant head of the Office of International and Tribal Affairs Jane Nishida as Acting Administrator later that day.
Radhika Fox is an American government official who served as the assistant administrator for water at the Environmental Protection Agency from 2021 to 2024.
Meredith Ashley Berger is an American government official who had served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy,Installations,and Environment. From August 25,2021,until April 13,2022,she concurrently served as the designated official performing the duties of the United States Under Secretary of the Navy.
Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer is an American government official who serves as the Chief Financial Officer and an assistant secretary of transportation for budget and programs within the Department of Transportation. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget within the department as well as in various roles at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
David M. Uhlmann is an American educator and attorney who served as the assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance during the Presidency of Joe Biden. He previously served as a deputy assistant administrator in the same division and as an environmental law professor at the University of Michigan Law School.
