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Linda J. Fisher
Biography
[EPA press release - December 21, 1987]
Linda J. Fisher has been confirmed by the Senate to be EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE). In that position, she will oversee the agency's development of policy and manage the agency's regulatory process. Fisher, who until this appointment was Executive Assistant to EPA Administrator Lee M. Thomas, served as the agency's chief expert on Superfund reauthorization. She also has served on the staff of the House Appropriations Committee and as a legislative assistant to two congressmen. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Fisher is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Law and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She succeeds Milton Russell, who resigned in March, as Assistant Administrator for OPPE. Fisher, 35, who resides in Alexandria, Va., is the daughter of Jack and Jane Fisher of Upper Arlington, Ohio.