DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

JANE T. NISHIDA, Secretary of the Environment

Office of Secretary
Dept. of the Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224 - 6612
(410) 631-3084
e-mail: jnishida@charm.net
fax: (410) 631-3888
World Wide Web: http://www.mde.state.md.us/

Secretary of the Environment since 1995.

Counsel to Environmental Matters Committee of House of Delegates, 1981-83. Counsel to Economic Affairs Committee of State Senate, 1983-84. Assistant Legislative Officer, 1984-88, and Deputy Legislative Officer, 1988-91, Office of the Governor.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1995-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay, 1995-; Implementation Committee of the Chesapeake Executive Council, 1995-; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1995-; State Council on Cancer Control, 1995-; Maryland Greenways Commission, 1995-; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1995-; Governor's Pesticide Council, 1995-; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 1995-; State Soil Conservation Committee, 1995-; Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, 1995-; Northeast Ozone Transport Commission, 1995-. Chair, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1995-. Member, Governor's Flood Mitigation Task Force for Western Maryland, 1996-. Board member, World Trade Center Institute.

Born in Bethesda, Maryland, April 26, 1955. Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, B.A. (international relations), 1977; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1980. Law clerk, American Academy of Judicial Education, 1979; Federal Judicial Center, 1979-80. Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 1991-95.

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