Jane Lubchenco

Jane Lubchenco is an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist who teaches and conducts research at Oregon State University. Her research interests include interactions between the environment and human well-being, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable use of oceans and the planet. From 2009 to 2013, she served as Administrator of NOAA and Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. In February 2021, she was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as Deputy Director for Climate and Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

4 December 1947

Born on the same birth day (4 December): Alex Delvecchio • Andy Hess • Bill Collins (television presenter) • Frank Reich • Gabriel Lundberg • Hannes Hafstein • Jay DeMerit • Kristina Groves • Martell Webster • Plum Sykes • R. C. Majumdar • Rick Middleton • Wink Martindale • Yvonne Minton

Born in the same month (December 1947): Brian Daley • Bruce Golding • Dilma Rousseff • Garry Unger • Henk van Woerden • James Keach • Rasul Guliyev • Richard Crandall • Rudy Fernandez (triathlete) • Wings Hauser