Michael S. Regan

Michael Regan
Official portrait, 2021
16th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
March 11, 2021 – December 31, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyJanet McCabe
Jane Nishida (acting)
Preceded byAndrew R. Wheeler
Succeeded byLee Zeldin
2nd Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
In office
January 3, 2017 – March 11, 2021
GovernorRoy Cooper
Preceded byDonald van der Vaart
Succeeded byElizabeth Biser
Personal details
Born
Michael Stanley Regan

(1976-08-06) August 6, 1976 (age 48)
Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[1]
SpouseMelvina
Children2
EducationNorth Carolina A&T State University (BS)
George Washington University (MPA)

Michael Stanley Regan[2] (born August 6, 1976)[3] is an American environmental regulator. He served as the 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2024.[4] He was the first African American man to serve in the role.[4]

Regan has formerly served as the secretary of North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality and air quality specialist in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

  1. ^ "Biden picks top North Carolina environmental official to run EPA". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "PN78-16 – Michael Stanley Regan – Environmental Protection Agency". U.S. Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Cama, Timothy; Bogardus, Kevin; Cusick, Daniel (February 2, 2021). "Young Michael Regan: 'Determined to do something important'". E&E News. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Liz Stark (March 10, 2021). "Senate confirms Michael Regan as head of Environmental Protection Agency". CNN. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

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