An official website of the United States government.

This is not the current EPA website. To navigate to the current EPA website, please go to www.epa.gov. This website is historical material reflecting the EPA website as it existed on January 19, 2021. This website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work. More information »

About EPA

About the Director of EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection

Jeanne Briskin

Jeanne Briskin is the Director of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection (OCHP). Jeanne came to OCHP from the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center in the Office of General Counsel, where she served as director since 2016, providing high quality mediation, facilitation and training services agency-wide.

Jeanne brings a wealth of experience and expertise, having worked in many programs across the agency, including as Coordinator for Hydraulic Fracturing Research in EPA's Office of Research and Development, Chief of the Standards and Risk Reductions Branch in the Office of Water, Deputy Director of the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Division in the Office of Air and Radiation, and Director of the National Pesticides Survey, among others.

Jeanne holds a BA in Chemistry and Environmental Studies from Northwestern University and a MS in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.