Nomination of Linda J. Fisher To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Linda J. Fisher to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Policy and Evaluation). She would succeed Milton Russell.

Since 1985 Ms. Fisher has been Executive Assistant to the Administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC. Previously she was Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator of the EPA (Solid Waste and Emergency Response), 1983-1984. From 1982 to 1983, she was a law clerk with Chester, Hoffman & Wilcox in Washington, DC.

Ms. Fisher graduated from Miami University (B.A., 1974), George Washington University (M.B.A., 1978), and Ohio State University (J.D., 1982). She was born June 26, 1952, in Saginaw, MI, and currently resides in Alexandria, VA.