The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Lisa Jackson

By TIME STAFFThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 48
Occupation: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Adopted just a few weeks after birth, Jackson spent 16 years with the EPA before becoming head of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and later chief of staff to then Governor Jon Corzine. She's the first African-American head of the EPA, and beyond pushing for regulation on climate change, Jackson has brought a passion for environmental justice to the job, forged by her New Orleans upbringing.

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