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William Rice, Acting Regional Administrator
Bill Rice serves as the Deputy Regional Administrator for Region 7. In this position, he shares responsibility with the Regional Administrator to manage EPA programs in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. He has served as Acting Regional Administrator on six occasions. Bill's other EPA positions have included Director of the Region's Environmental Services Division, and Chief of the Planning and Management Staff of an EPA laboratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Prior to joining EPA, Bill worked as an Industrial Engineer with a private firm in California. Bill has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from Duke University.
