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Innovation Action Council
The Innovation Action Council (IAC), comprised of EPA's top career executives -- Deputy Assistant Administrators and Deputy Regional Administrators -- has overall responsibility for formulating and advancing the Agency's innovation agenda. The mission of the IAC is to develop and promote innovative approaches to addressing increasingly complex environmental challenges. Established in the Fall of 1996, the IAC has played an active role in giving new innovative approaches the attention and support they need to flourish, and has provided a venue to share innovation efforts more broadly. In April 2002, the IAC supervised the development and publication of the Innovation Strategy, a guide to the next generation of innovation at EPA.
| Name | Office | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Mannix | Policy, Economics and Innovation | Associate Administrator |
| Betsy Shaw | Policy, Economics and Innovation | Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation |
| Barry Breen | Solid Waste and Emergency Response | Deputy Assistant Administrator |
| Rob Brenner | Air and Radiation | Director, Office of Policy Analysis and Review |
| Catherine McCabe | Enforcement and Compliance Assurance | Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator |
| Lynn Buhl | Enforcement and Compliance Assurance | Deputy Assistant Administrator |
| Kevin Teichman | Research and Development | Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science |
| Michael Shapiro | Water | Deputy Assistant Administrator |
| Susan Hazen | Administration and Resources Management | Deputy Assistant Administrator |
| Linda Travers | Office of Environmental Information | Deputy Assistant Administrator |
| Maryann Froehlich | Chief Financial Officer | Deputy Chief Financial Officer |
| Ed Pinero | Federal Environmental Executive | Federal Environmental Executive |
| Ira Leighton | Region 1 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Kathy Callahan | Region 2 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Bill Wisniewski | Region 3 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Russ Wright | Region 4 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Bharat Mathur | Region 5 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Larry Starfield | Region 6 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Bill Rice | Region 7 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Kerry Clough | Region 8 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Laura Yoshii | Region 9 | Deputy Regional Administrator |
| Michelle Pirzadeh | Region 10 | Acting Deputy Regional Administrator |