GLIN==> EPA Announces Regional Administrator for Region 5

EPA Announces Regional Administrator for Region 5
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Release date: 04/21/2010

Contact Information: Anne Rowan, 312-353-9391, rowan.anne at epa.gov



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No.10-OPA042

Regional Agency Headquarters in Chicago

(CHICAGO - April 21, 2010) Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced President Barack Obama's selection 
of Susan Hedman to be the Agency's Regional Administrator for EPA's Region 
5. This region encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, 
Wisconsin and 35 Tribal Nations.

"I look forward to working closely with Susan Hedman on the range of urgent 
environmental issues we face, in Region 5 and across the nation," said EPA 
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "At this moment of great challenge and even 
greater opportunity, I'm thrilled that Susan will be part of our leadership 
team at EPA. She will certainly play an instrumental role in our Agency's 
mission to protect our health and the environment."

Regional Administrators are responsible for managing the Agency's regional 
activities under the direction of the EPA Administrator. They promote state 
and local environmental protection efforts and serve as a liaison to state 
and local government officials. Regional Administrators are tasked with 
ensuring EPA's efforts to address the environmental crises of today are 
rooted in three fundamental values: science-based policies and programs, 
adherence to the rule of law, and transparency.

Susan Hedman has extensive experience in the environmental protection field 
dating back to the early 1980's when she taught environmental policy courses 
at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. Since 2005, she has served as 
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's Environmental Counsel and Senior 
Assistant Attorney General, playing a role as chief negotiator for 
litigation and legislation relating to environmental protection, energy 
efficiency, renewable energy, carbon capture technology and associated 
consumer issues. Prior to that, she held numerous positions in environmental 
law and policy including senior policy advisor on energy and recycling at 
the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; staff attorney 
for the Environmental Law and Policy Center with cases focused on facilities 
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.; First 
Legal Officer for the United Nations Security Council team charged with 
analyzing environmental damage from oil fires in Kuwait; and as research 
director for the Center for Global Change at the University of Maryland. Dr. 
Hedman earned her B.A. in Politics and Government from Ripon College in 
Ripon, Wisconsin before earning her M.A. from the La Follette Institute of 
Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. She obtained 
her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1987 before earning 
a Ph.D. from the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in 
Madison, Wisconsin two years later.


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