Jane Nishida

Jane Nishida
Jane Nishida
Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Henry Darwin (acting)
Preceded by	Charlotte Bertrand (acting)
Personal details
Born	April 26, 1955; Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Lewis and Clark College (BA); Georgetown University (JD)

Jane Toshiko Nishida is an American lawyer and government official. She is the principal deputy assistant administrator in the Office of International and Tribal Affairs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.[1] Nishida is currently serving as the Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.[2]

Early life and education

Nishida was born in Bethesda, Maryland on April 26, 1955. She earned a B.A. in international relations from Lewis & Clark College in 1977, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1980. [3]

Career

Nishida was a counsel in the Maryland General Assembly during 1981–1984, and then worked in the Governor's Legislative Office until 1991. She was then the Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation during 1991–1995. Nishida was Maryland Secretary of the Environment from March 27, 1995 to April 26, 2002.[3] Nishida then became a senior environmental specialist at The World Bank. She began working for the EPA in 2011.[4]

References

"About the Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA)". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
"EPA Names Interim Office Heads During Biden Transition Time". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
"Jane T. Nishida, Maryland Secretary of the Environment". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
"Hearing on the nominations of Ann Dunkin to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Information; Jane Nishida to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of International and Tribal Affairs; and Thomas Burke to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research And Development". www.congress.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Appearances on C-SPAN

Political offices
Preceded by Charlotte Bertrand Acting	Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Acting 2021–present	Succeeded by Michael S. Regan Nominee

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[1] "About the Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA)". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[2] "EPA Names Interim Office Heads During Biden Transition Time". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[:0-3] "Jane T. Nishida, Maryland Secretary of the Environment". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[4] "Hearing on the nominations of Ann Dunkin to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Information; Jane Nishida to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of International and Tribal Affairs; and Thomas Burke to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research And Development". www.congress.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Members of the Cabinet of the United States
Biden Harris Ammon^a Austin Blinken Buttigieg Cochran^a Coggins^a de la Vega^a Fairweather^ca Haines^c Huizenga^a Klain^c Mayorkas McDonough Mills^ca Nishida^ca Pagán^ca Perriello^ca Rosenfelt^a Shea^a Stewart^a Wilkinson^a Yellen
^a acting; ^c cabinet-level