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ROBERT PERCIASEPE
Assistant Secretary, Planning and Capital Programs, Department of the Environment, 1987-89.
Deputy Secretary of the Environment, 1989-90.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1990-93; Governor's Subcabinet for Energy Management, 1991-93. Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1990-93. Chair, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1990-93. Member, Baltimore Regional Council of Governments, 1990-93; Governor's Council on Chesapeake Bay, 1990-93; Herring Run Public Watershed Association Commission, 1990-93; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1990-93; Governor's Pesticide Council, 1990-93; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 1990-93; State Soil Conservation Committee, 1990-93. Chair, Nutrient Re-Evaluation Committee, Chesapeake Bay Agreement, 1991. Chair, Northeast Ozone Transport Commission, 1991-93.
Member, Comittee to Study Anticipated Sewage Treatment Needs, 1987-88; Governor's Council on the Environment; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission, 1987-89; Patuxent River Commission, 1987-89. Chair, Monitoring Subcommittee of Chesapeake Bay Program, 1988-89. Member, Governor's Commission on Growth in the Chesapeake Region, 1989-91; Implementation Committee of Chesapeake Executive Council, 1989-93.
Assistant Administrator for Water, 1993-98, and Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, 1998-2001, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, since December 24, 2009 (acting administrator, Feb. 19-July 10, 2013).
Born in New Rochelle, New York, February 19, 1951. Cornell University, B.S. (environmental sciences), 1974; Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, M.S. (planning & public administration), 1976. Member, American Planning Association, 1976-87 (board member, Maryland Chapter, 1981-87). Board of Directors, Charles Village Civic Association. Senior Vice-President for Public Policy, 2001-04, and Chief Operating Officer, 2004-09, National Audubon Society. Smart Growth Hero, 1000 Friends of Maryland, 2014.
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