Jane Nishida

{{Short description|American lawyer and government official (born 1955)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Jane Nishida, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator.jpg

| office = Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

| status = Acting

| president = Joe Biden

| deputy = Dan Utech (acting)

| term_start = January 1, 2025

| term_end = January 20, 2025

| predecessor = Michael S. Regan

| successor = James Payne (acting)

| president1 = Joe Biden

| term_start1 = January 20, 2021

| term_end1 = March 11, 2021

| predecessor1 = Charlotte Bertrand (acting)

| successor1 = Michael S. Regan

| office2 = Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

| status2 = Acting

| president2 = Joe Biden

| term_start2 = October 5, 2024

| term_end2 = December 31, 2024

| predecessor2 = Janet McCabe

| successor2 = Dan Utech (acting)

| office3 = Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for International and Tribal Affairs

| president3 = Joe Biden

| term_start3 = September 28, 2021

| term_end3 = January 20, 2025

| predecessor3 = Chad McIntosh

| successor3 =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|26}}

| birth_place = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = Lewis and Clark College (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

}}

Jane Toshiko Nishida (born April 26, 1955) is an American lawyer and government official. She served as the assistant administrator in the Office of International and Tribal Affairs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-01-29|title=About the Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA)|url=https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-international-and-tribal-affairs-oita|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-23|website=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|language=en}} during the presidency of Joe Biden. Nishida served as the acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January 20 to March 11, 2021,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=EPA Names Interim Office Heads During Biden Transition Time |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/epa-names-interim-office-chiefs-during-biden-transition-period |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-01-23 |website=Bloomberg Law |language=en}} and again from January 1 to January 20, 2025. Nishida also served as acting Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from October 5 to December 31, 2024.{{Cite web |title=epa-email-on-janet-mccabe-retiring |url=https://www.4cleanair.org/wp-content/uploads/epa-email-on-janet-mccabe-retiring.pdf |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=NACAA}}

Life

Nishida was born in Bethesda, Maryland on April 26, 1955. She earned a B.A. in international relations from Lewis & Clark College in 1977, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1980.

Nishida was a counsel in the Maryland General Assembly during 1981–1984, and then worked in the Governor's Legislative Office until 1991. She was then the Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation during 1991–1995. Nishida was Maryland Secretary of the Environment from March 27, 1995, to April 26, 2002.{{Cite web|title=Jane T. Nishida, Maryland Secretary of the Environment|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/14doe/former/html/msa12142.html|access-date=2021-01-23|website=msa.maryland.gov}} Nishida then became a senior environmental specialist at The World Bank. She began working for the EPA in 2011.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hearing on the nominations of Ann Dunkin to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Information; Jane Nishida to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of International and Tribal Affairs; and Thomas Burke to be Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research And Development|url=https://www.congress.gov/114/chrg/shrg95005/CHRG-114shrg95005.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-23|website=www.congress.gov}}{{PD-notice}}