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 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on De ...

during the

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. Nishida served as the acting

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from January 20 to March 11, 2021, and again from January 1 to January 20, 2025. Nishida also served as acting Deputy

from October 5 to December 31, 2024.

Life

Nishida was born in

Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region ...

on April 26, 1955. She earned a B.A. in international relations from

Lewis & Clark College Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1867 and is situated on the historic M. Lloyd Frank Estate in South Portland's Collins View neighborhood. It is composed of three distinct but adjac ...

in 1977, and a J.D. from

Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown University Law Center is the Law school in the United States, law school of Georgetown University, a Private university, private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law ...

in 1980. Nishida was a counsel in the

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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 The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is a non-profit organization devoted to the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay in the United States. It was founded in 1967 and has headquarters offices in Annapolis, Maryland. The foundation has ...

during 1991–1995. Nishida was Maryland Secretary of the Environment from March 27, 1995, to April 26, 2002. Nishida then became a senior environmental specialist at

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. She began working for the EPA in 2011.

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