EPA Names Interim Office Heads During Transition Time (Correct)

Jan. 20, 2021, 4:35 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 23, 2021, 3:08 PM UTC

Jane Nishida will serve as the agency’s acting administrator until Michael Regan is confirmed to lead the EPA, the Biden administration said late Wednesday.

Nishida is the Environmental Protection Agency’s principal deputy assistant head of the Office of International and Tribal Affairs, where she captains environmental policy development and program implementation in tribal lands and nations outside of the U.S.

Earlier, in an internal email on Tuesday, Mandy Gunasekara, the EPA’s chief of staff under former Administrator Andrew Wheeler, announced that Sarah Dunham will become the acting chief of the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. Dunham is currently the ...

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