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Jeanne M. Fox
Biography
[EPA press release - March 14, 1994]
The White House announced today the appointment of Jeanne M. Fox as Administrator of EPA Region 2 and Peter H. Kostmayer as Administrator of EPA Region 3.
EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner said, "Jeanne Fox and Peter Kostmayer bring to the Agency a wealth of expertise. Jeanne Fox has been involved in environmental issues for 20 years, dating back to an internship and law clerkship at EPA, and has a broad understanding of the issues at the state level in various positions over 13 years with New Jersey agencies. During his 14 years in Congress, Peter Kostmayer led the fight on many environmental fronts. Their skills will be an asset to the Agency as we continue to address EPA's aggressive environmental agenda."
Region 2 includes New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Region 3 includes the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
Fox is an attorney with extensive experience in environmental issues at the state level. She was with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy from February 1991 to February 1994, as Deputy Commissioner and as Acting Commissioner. She has served as the New Jersey Commissioner on the Delaware River Basin Commission, the state's representative on the Policy Committees of two EPA Estuary Programs, the Delaware River and New York Harbor, and on New Jersey's Superfund Policy Forum. From December 1981 to February 1991, she held several positions with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, including Director of the Water and Sewer Division and Deputy Director of the Solid Waste Division. She was a law clerk at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1977 and an intern in 1974.
Fox resides in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with her husband, Steve DiMicco. She is an alumnus of Douglass College at Rutgers University (1975) and the Rutgers School of Law at Camden (1979) and is a member of the Rutgers Board of Trustees.