Jane Nishida | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
Acting | |
| In office January 1, 2025 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Dan Utech (acting) |
| Preceded by | Michael S. Regan |
| Succeeded by | Kimberly Patrick (acting)[1] |
| In office January 20, 2021 – March 11, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Charlotte Bertrand (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Michael S. Regan |
| DeputyAdministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Acting October 5, 2024 – December 31, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Janet McCabe |
| Succeeded by | Dan Utech (acting) |
| Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for International and Tribal Affairs | |
| In office September 28, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Chad McIntosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-04-26)April 26, 1955 (age 70) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Lewis and Clark College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Jane Toshiko Nishida (born April 26, 1955) is an American lawyer and government official. She served as the assistant administrator in the Office of International and Tribal Affairs of theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency[2] during thepresidency of Joe Biden. Nishida served as the actingAdministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January 20 to March 11, 2021,[3] and again from January 1 to January 20, 2025. Nishida also served as acting DeputyAdministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from October 5 to December 31, 2024.[4]
Nishida was born inBethesda, Maryland on April 26, 1955. She earned a B.A. in international relations fromLewis & Clark College in 1977, and aJ.D. fromGeorgetown University Law Center in 1980.[5]
Nishida was a counsel in theMaryland General Assembly during 1981–1984, and then worked in the Governor's Legislative Office until 1991. She was then the Executive Director of theChesapeake Bay Foundation during 1991–1995. Nishida wasMaryland Secretary of the Environment from March 27, 1995, to April 26, 2002.[5] Nishida then became a senior environmental specialist atThe World Bank. She began working for the EPA in 2011.[6]
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