Lisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position.
Jackson in 2023
Jackson with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (center), and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (right)
Jackson at a 2010 briefing on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at the Coast Guard Station Venice in Venice, Louisiana
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jackson sign an agreement in 2010 to continue collaboration between the two agencies.
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
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