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Chronology of EPA Administrators

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AdministratorStartEnd
Lee Zeldin1/29/25present
James (Jim) Payne (Acting)1/20/251/29/25
Jane Nishida (Acting)1/1/251/20/25
Michael S. Regan03/11/2112/31/24
Jane Nishida (Acting)01/20/2103/11/21
Andrew Wheeler02/28/1901/19/21
Andrew Wheeler (Acting)07/07/1802/28/19
Scott Pruitt02/17/1707/06/18
Catherine McCabe (Acting)01/20/1702/17/17
Gina McCarthy07/19/1301/20/17
Bob Perciasepe (Acting)02/15/1307/18/13
Lisa P. Jackson01/26/0902/14/13
Mike Shapiro (Acting)01/22/0901/25/09
Granta Nakayama (Acting)01/20/0901/21/09
Stephen L. Johnson05/02/0501/20/09
Stephen L. Johnson (Acting)01/26/0505/01/05
Michael O. Leavitt11/06/0301/25/05
Marianne L. Horinko (Acting)07/12/0311/05/03
Linda J. Fisher (Acting)06/28/0307/11/03
Christine Todd Whitman01/31/0106/27/03
W. Michael McCabe (Acting)01/20/0101/30/01
Carol M. Browner01/22/9301/19/01
William K. Reilly02/06/8901/20/93
John Moore (Acting)01/21/8902/05/89
Lee M. Thomas02/08/8501/20/89
Lee M. Thomas (Acting)01/04/8502/07/85
William D. Ruckelshaus05/18/8301/04/85
Lee Verstandig (Acting)03/10/8305/17/83
Anne M. Gorsuch [Burford]05/20/8103/09/83
Walter Barber, Jr. (Acting)01/26/8105/19/81
Steve Jellinek (Acting)01/21/8101/25/81
Douglas M. Costle03/07/7701/20/81
John Quarles, Jr. (Acting)01/21/7703/06/77
Russell E. Train09/13/7301/20/77
Robert Fri (Acting)04/30/7309/12/73
William D. Ruckelshaus12/04/7004/30/73

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