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Regional Administrator Lynn Buhl
Lynn Buhl was sworn in as Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 on August 12, 2008. She leads the implementation of federal environmental programs in the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. At the time of her appointment, she was serving as Deputy Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance in Washington, DC.
Ms. Buhl began her career in the environmental arena in 1985 when she took a position at EPA headquarters. A year later, she transferred to Region 5 to serve as an Assistant Regional Counsel. After leaving EPA in 1987, she worked at Daimler Chrysler Corporation, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and in several high-level posts in Maryland government.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Ms. Buhl earned her JD from Wake Forest University School of Law and a BA in American Government from the University of Virginia.