Bob Perciasepe

Bob Perciasepe
Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
February 19, 2013  July 18, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLisa Jackson
Succeeded byGina McCarthy
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
December 24, 2009  August 8, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMarcus Peacock
Succeeded byAndrew R. Wheeler
Personal details
Born
Robert Perciasepe

New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationCornell University (BS)
Syracuse University (MPA)

Robert Perciasepe is an American former government official who currently serves as a senior adviser to the nonprofit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, following his role as President of the organization. Pericasepe also serves as Board Chair to the George B. Storer Foundation and as a Board member for the Keystone Policy Center. He served as the Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the administration of Barack Obama.

Prior to joining the Obama administration, Perciasepe was Chief Operating Officer for the environmental conservation non-profit National Audubon Society. Before that, he served in the administration of President Bill Clinton as the EPA's Assistant Administrator for clean water and then later as the Assistant Administrator for clean air.

Prior to that time he served as Maryland's Secretary of the Environment after holding the positions of Chief of Capital Planning and Assistant Director for Planning for the city of Baltimore.