EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy spoke in the Voices in Leadership series on Monday, February 29, 2016. Watch the on-demand video of her talk entitled “A Leadership Career in Government: EPA Chief Speaks.” McCarthy discussed the importance of communicating clearly and honestly around complicated scientific issues, and how she views EPA as essentially a public health prevention entity, among other topics.

Gina McCarthy is the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Appointed by President Obama in 2009 as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy has been a leading advocate for common-sense strategies to protect public health and the environment. Previously, McCarthy served as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. During her career, which spans over 30 years, she has worked at both the state and local levels on critical environmental issues and helped coordinate policies on economic growth, energy, transportation and the environment. McCarthy received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a joint Master of Science in Environmental Health Engineering and Planning and Policy from Tufts University.