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Gina McCarthy


1st White House National Climate Advisor
In office January 20, 2021 – September 16, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Ali Zaidi
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ali Zaidi
13th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office July 18, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Stan Meiburg (acting)
Preceded by	Lisa Jackson
Succeeded by	Scott Pruitt

Personal details
Born	Regina McCarthy 3 May 1954 (aged 72) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Children	3
Education	University of Massachusetts Boston (BA) Tufts University (MS)

Regina McCarthy (born May 3, 1954) is an American environmental health and air quality expert. She was the 13th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2013 to 2017.^[1]^[2]

On December 17, 2020, Joe Biden announced that he would be nominating McCarthy as the first National Climate Advisor.^[3]^[4]

In September 2022, McCarthy announced her resignation as Climate Change advisor.^[5]

Gina McCarthy Media

McCarthy visiting a Missouri farm in 2014
Administrator McCarthy meets with community members from Health Resources in Action to discuss their mission to increase capacity and collaboration across New England to reduce environmental asthma triggers.
Administrator Gina McCarthy at Portage Lake Glacier, Alaska, August 26, 2013
McCarthy explains why climate change is intersectional in the Biden administration.

↑ Smith, Sandy (July 18, 2013). "Gina McCarthy Confirmed as EPA Administrator". EHS Today (Cleveland). http://ehstoday.com/environment/gina-mccarthy-confirmed-epa-administrator. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
↑ Obama, Barack (March 4, 2013). Remarks by the President in Personnel Announcements. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/04/remarks-president-personnel-announcements. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
↑ Friedman, Lisa (2020-12-15). "Biden to Name Gina McCarthy, Former E.P.A. Chief, as White House Climate Coordinator" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/gina-mccarthy-biden-climate.html. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
↑ Detrow, Scott. Biden To Name Gina McCarthy, Former EPA Chief, As Domestic Climate Coordinator (in en). NPR.org (15 December 2020). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
↑ Williams, Aime. Biden’s top climate adviser Gina McCarthy to step down. Financial Times (2 September 2022). Retrieved 2 September 2022.

Cabinet
Secretary of State	Blinken*
Secretary of the Treasury	Yellen*
Secretary of Defense	Austin*
Attorney General	TBD *
Secretary of the Interior	Haaland*
Secretary of Agriculture	Vilsack*
Secretary of Commerce	TBD *
Secretary of Labor	TBD *
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Becerra*
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Fudge*
Secretary of Transportation	Buttigieg*
Secretary of Energy	Granholm*
Secretary of Education	Cardona*
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	McDonough*
Secretary of Homeland Security	Mayorkas*

Cabinet-level
Vice President-elect	Kamala Harris
White House Chief of Staff	Klain
Trade Representative	Tai*
Director of National Intelligence	Haines*
Ambassador to the United Nations	Thomas-Greenfield*
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Rouse*
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Tanden*
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	TBD *
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Regan*
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	TBD *
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate	Kerry

Executive Cabinet
National Security Advisor	Sullivan
White House Press Secretary	Psaki
White House Communications Director	Bedingfield
Director of the National Economic Council	Deese
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy	TBD *
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration	TBD *
Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission	TBD *
Solicitor General	TBD *
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	TBD *
Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council	Rice
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	TBD *
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator	Zients
Chairs of the COVID-19 Advisory Board	Kessler Murthy Nunez-Smith
White House Climate Coordinator	McCarthy

Other independent offices
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation	Wray** (2017–present)
Secretary of the Army	TBD *
Secretary of the Air Force	TBD *
Secretary of the Navy	TBD *
Surgeon General	Murthy*
United States Permanent Representative to NATO	TBD *
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	TBD *
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development	TBD *
Chair of the Federal Communications Commission	TBD *
Administrators of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	TBD *
Chair of the Federal Reserve	Powell** (2018–present)
President of the World Bank Group	Malpass** (2019–present)

*Pending Senate confirmation
**Kept/Stayed from the Trump administration
See also: Political appointments of Joe Biden

Cabinet
Secretary of State	Hillary Clinton (2009–2013) John Kerry (2013–2017)
Secretary of the Treasury	Timothy Geithner (2009–2013) Jack Lew (2013–2017)
Secretary of Defense	Robert Gates (2009–2011) Leon Panetta (2011–2013) Chuck Hagel (2013–2015) Ash Carter (2015–2017)
Attorney General	Eric Holder (2009–2015) Loretta Lynch (2015–2017)
Secretary of the Interior	Ken Salazar (2009–2013) Sally Jewell (2013–2017)
Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack (2009–2017)
Secretary of Commerce	Gary Locke (2009–2011) John Bryson (2011–2012) Penny Pritzker (2013–2017)
Secretary of Labor	Hilda Solis (2009–2013) Tom Perez (2013–2017)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Kathleen Sebelius (2009–2014) Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2014–2017)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Shaun Donovan (2009–2014) Julian Castro (2014–2017)
Secretary of Transportation	Ray LaHood (2009–2013) Anthony Foxx (2013–2017)
Secretary of Energy	Steven Chu (2009–2013) Ernest Moniz (2013–2017)
Secretary of Education	Arne Duncan (2009–2016) John King (2016–2017)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Eric Shinseki (2009–2014) Bob McDonald (2014–2017)
Secretary of Homeland Security	Janet Napolitano (2009–2013) Jeh Johnson (2013–2017)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Joe Biden (2009–2017)
White House Chief of Staff	Rahm Emanuel (2009–2010) William Daley (2011–2012) Jack Lew (2012–2013) Denis McDonough (2013–2017)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Lisa Jackson (2009–2013) Gina McCarthy (2013–2017)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Peter Orszag (2009–2010) Jack Lew (2010–2012) Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2013–2014) Shaun Donovan (2014–2017)
Trade Representative	Ron Kirk (2009–2013) Michael Froman (2013–2017)
Ambassador to the United Nations	Susan Rice (2009–2013) Samantha Power (2013–2017)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Christina Romer (2009–2010) Austan Goolsbee (2010–2011) Alan Krueger (2011–2013) Jason Furman (2013–2017)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Karen Mills (2012–2013)** Maria Contreras-Sweet (2014–2017)

* Acting
** took office in 2009, raised to cabinet-rank in 2012

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