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Dr. David Cash Named Regional Administrator for EPA Region 1

The month of February also saw the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announce that President Biden has appointed Dr. David Cash to become EPA’s Regional Administrator for Region 1. Dr. Cash will lead the implementation of the Biden-Harris environmental agenda in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and in 10 Tribal Nations. Dr. Cash’s appointment began on February 7, 2022.

According to a press release from the EPA, Dr. Cash has spent his career in public service harnessing science, innovative policy, and participatory decision-making to solve challenges and seize opportunities at the intersection of environment, economy, and equity. In his most recent position, Dr. Cash was the Dean of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. He also spent a decade in Massachusetts state government where he held a range of senior positions. As Assistant Secretary of Policy in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs in Governor Deval Patrick's Administration, he was an architect of the Commonwealth’s climate, clean energy, and environmental justice policies.

Dr. Cash then served as a Commissioner in the Department of Public Utilities, followed by serving as the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. In these roles, he collaborated in government and with communities and the private sector to craft and implement innovative science-based policies around climate, environmental justice, energy, job creation, water, land use, waste management, and grid modernization.

Dr. Cash holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He and his wife Annie Weiss, a psychotherapist, live in the Boston area and have two young adult daughters.

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