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EPA History

Chronology of EPA Administrators

Administrator Start End
Andrew Wheeler 02/28/19 Present
Andrew Wheeler (Acting) 07/07/18 02/28/19
Scott Pruitt 02/17/17 07/06/18
Catherine McCabe (Acting) 01/20/17 02/17/17
Gina McCarthy 07/19/13 01/20/17
Bob Perciasepe (Acting) 02/15/13 07/18/13
Lisa P. Jackson 01/26/09 02/14/13
Mike Shapiro (Acting) 01/22/09 01/25/09
Granta Nakayama (Acting) 01/20/09 01/21/09
Stephen L. Johnson 05/02/05 01/20/09
Stephen L. Johnson (Acting) 01/26/05 05/01/05
Michael O. Leavitt 11/06/03 01/25/05
Marianne L. Horinko (Acting) 07/12/03 11/05/03
Linda J. Fisher (Acting) 06/28/03 07/11/03
Christine Todd Whitman 01/31/01 06/27/03
W. Michael McCabe (Acting) 01/20/01 01/30/01
Carol M. Browner 01/22/93 01/19/01
William K. Reilly 02/06/89 01/20/93
John Moore (Acting) 01/21/89 02/05/89
Lee M. Thomas 02/08/85 01/20/89
Lee M. Thomas (Acting) 01/04/85 02/07/85
William D. Ruckelshaus 05/18/83 01/04/85
Lee Verstandig (Acting) 03/10/83 05/17/83
Anne M. Gorsuch [Burford] 05/20/81 03/09/83
Walter Barber, Jr. (Acting) 01/26/81 05/19/81
Steve Jellinek (Acting) 01/21/81 01/25/81
Douglas M. Costle 03/07/77 01/20/81
John Quarles, Jr. (Acting) 01/21/77 03/06/77
Russell E. Train 09/13/73 01/20/77
Robert Fri (Acting) 04/30/73 09/12/73
William D. Ruckelshaus 12/04/70 04/30/73