Jane Nishida

Jane Nishida
Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Designate
Assumed office
December 31, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMichael S. Regan
Acting Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 5, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJanet McCabe
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for International and Tribal Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 28, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byChad McIntosh
Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
January 20, 2021 – March 11, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCharlotte Bertrand (acting)
Succeeded byMichael S. Regan
Personal details
Born (1955-04-26) April 26, 1955 (age 69)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
EducationLewis and Clark College (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Jane Toshiko Nishida (born April 26, 1955) is an American lawyer and government official. She serves as the assistant administrator in the Office of International and Tribal Affairs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.[1] Nishida served as the Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January 20, 2021, to March 11, 2021.[2] On October 5, Nishida becomes acting Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.[3]

Life

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.[4]

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.[4] Nishida then became a senior environmental specialist at The World Bank. She began working for the EPA in 2011.[5]

References

  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.
  3. ^ "epa-email-on-janet-mccabe-retiring" (PDF). NACAA. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Jane T. Nishida, Maryland Secretary of the Environment". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "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.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Political offices
Preceded by Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Acting
2021 		Succeeded by