Christine Temple Whitman is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. As of 2024, Whitman is the only woman to have served as governor of New Jersey.
Official portrait as Administrator of the EPA, 2001
Whitman with Princeton President Harold Tafler Shapiro in October 1994
FEMA Director James Lee Witt meets with Governor Whitman and other New Jersey officials to discuss the response to Hurricane Floyd, September 21, 1999.
Whitman in a meeting with President George W. Bush, Colin Powell, and Spencer Abraham in February 2003
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
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.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Image: Doug M. Costle official EPA portrait
Image: Anne M. Gorsuch 1982b
Image: Lee m thomas 2008
