On March 18th, US EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that Josh F.W. Cook will be the new EPA Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 9). Before joining the EPA, Regional Administrator Cook was an Advisor to the Tribal Council of the Mooretown Rancheria of Concow Maidu Indians and served as Chief of Staff to the Minority Caucus in the California Legislature. His previous environmental service includes appointments to the US Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior Resource Advisory Councils and tenure as a City Planning Commissioner.
