Mike
Linder – Director
Department of Environmental Quality
Mike Linder was appointed Director of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in March 1999 by then Governor Mike Johanns. In January 2007, his appointment was renewed by Governor Dave Heineman.
Linder joined the Department of Environmental Quality in 1986 as an Attorney. He became the agency General Counsel in 1989, and served in that capacity until his appointment as Director.
Linder currently serves as a board member of the Nebraska Environmental Trust. He is active in the national association of environmental agencies called the Environmental Council of the States, where he is currently serving as Vice President and Chair of the Local Government Forum. He is also a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Government Advisory Committee.
Linder was born in York, Nebraska, and raised in Brookings, South Dakota. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1980, and received his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1983.
