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Linda J. Fisher
Biography
[EPA press release - August 7, 1989]
Linda J. Fisher was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 4 to be Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA Administrator William K. Reilly said, "Linda Fisher will do an outstanding job managing our pesticide and toxic programs. She has a proven track record dealing with a wide array of technical issues, complex laws, and intense public and congressional scrutiny."
She has been Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation since January 1988, overseeing the agency's development of policy and managing its regulatory process. She has had primary responsibility for developing the agency's position on global climate change. During her tenure, the policy office produced two key climate change reports to Congress, "The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States" and "Policy Options for Global Climate."
Fisher joined the agency in July 1983, serving until December 1984 as Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response. From January 1985 until January 1988, she was Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff for Administrator Lee M. Thomas and, as such, was his chief policy and political advisor. She served as the agency's principal policy liaison with Congress and the White House in the rewriting of the Superfund law in 1986.
Earlier, she served as legislative assistant to Representative Clarence J. Brown from 1974 to 1976 and Representative Ralph Regula from 1976 to 1978 and as associate staff member for the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee from 1979 to 1980.
Fisher, 37, is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and the daughter of Jack and Jane Fisher of Columbus. She was graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1974 and received a master of business administration degree from George Washington University in 1978 and a law degree from Ohio State University's College of Law in 1982. She resides in Alexandria, Va.