Michael Regan

Appointed in 2025 by the BOG; Term ends 2029
 
Regan is the founder and CEO of M4 Strategies, LLC, sits on the board of Strata Clean Energy and Environmental Defense Action Fund and serves as a Polis Distinguished Fellow for the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy where he is actively involved with the Civil Discourse Project.
 
As EPA administrator, Regan was CEO of a federal regulatory agency with more than 16,000 employees and an annual operating budget north of $10 billion designing investment strategies toward healthy and equitable communities. He traveled across the country and around the world meeting face-to-face with communities hardest hit by environmental pollution and threats to public health. In his first year in this role, he established the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, the first national program office in the agency’s history dedicated to solving environmental challenges in economically distressed and frontline communities.
 
As state DEQ secretary, Regan led complex negotiations and spearheaded the development and implementation of North Carolina’s seminal plan to address climate change and transition the state to a clean energy economy. In addition, he established North Carolina's first-of-its-kind Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to better align social inequities, environmental protection, and community empowerment.
 
Regan’s commitment to excellence has been acknowledged through several awards including Time Magazine TIME100 Next, Time Magazine TIME100 Health, the HBCU Honors Distinguished Public Service Award, Boys and Girls Club of America Alumni Hall of Fame, Keystone Policy Center Leadership Award, and the NNPA National Legacy Award.
 
With his B.S. in earth and environmental science from A&T, Regan is the first EPA administrator to have graduated from a historically Black college or university. He earned a master’s degree in public administration from The George Washington University and received an honorary doctorate from A&T in 2021.