Lisa P. Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lisa P. Jackson

American politician: EPA administrator

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1962

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: engineer, politician, chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About Lisa P. Jackson

  • Lisa Perez Jackson (born February 8, 1962) is an American chemical engineer who served as the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013.
  • She is the first African-American to have held that position. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jackson is a graduate of Tulane University and Princeton University.
  • Soon after entering the EPA as a staff-level engineer in 1987, she moved to the EPA's regional office in New York City, where she spent the majority of her 16-year EPA career.
  • In 2002, she joined the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as the Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Enforcement and Assistant Commissioner for Land Use Management.
  • New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine appointed Jackson the state's Commissioner of Environmental Protection in 2006.
  • Jackson also briefly served as Corzine's Chief of Staff in late 2008. On December 15, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Jackson to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; she was confirmed by the U.S.
  • Senate on January 23, 2009, and took office that same day.
  • During her tenure as EPA Administrator, Jackson oversaw the development of stricter fuel efficiency standards and the EPA's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; authorized the recognition of carbon dioxide as a public health threat, granting the EPA authority to set new regulations regarding CO2 emissions; and proposed amending the National Ambient Air Quality Standards to set stricter smog pollution limits.
  • In December 2012, Jackson announced she would step down as EPA Administrator effective February 15, 2013; she was succeeded by Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe, who served as Acting Administrator until the Senate confirmed Gina McCarthy as a permanent successor on July 18, 2013 .

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