Advisory Committee Members
The Advisory Committee is composed of 26 members representing a wide range of interests in clean transportation and clean energy issues.
Ruben Aronin
Better World Group
Will Barrett
American Lung Association in California
Morgan Caswell
Port of Long Beach
Sydney Vergis Ph.D
California Air Resources Board
John Frala
Rio Hondo College
Joel Levin
Plug In America
Tyson Eckerle
Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Bill Elrick
California Fuel Cell Partnership
Larry Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht Consulting
Katherine Garcia
Sierra Club
Matt Gregori
SoCalGas
Kevin Hamilton
Central California Asthma Collaborative
Jose Lopez
Private Citizen
Bill Magavern
Coalition for Clean Air
Robert Meyer
Employment Training Panel
Micah Mitrosky
IBEW 9th District
Samantha Houston
Union of Concerned Scientists
Lori Pepper
California State Transportation Agency
Michael Pimentel
California Transit Association
Jerome Qiriazi
Humboldt Transit Authority
Mary Solecki
AJW
Tracy Stanhoff
Indigenous Post
JB Tengco
BlueGreen Alliance
Eileen Tutt
Electric Transportation Community Development Corporation
Dylan Jaff
Consumer Reports
Morris Lum
Recreational Boaters of California
The Advisory Committee may provide advice on the following topics as related to the Investment Plan:
- Public and private sources of funding, availability and applicability of these sources for the purposes of the Program, and contact information;
- Other financial tools that are available besides grants and loans that can be used to support the objectives of the Program, and the most effective application of grants, loans and other appropriate measures to advance the market penetration of the myriad alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technology options;
- State of technological development of alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technologies, current level of research, development and demonstration support for these technologies, and need for Program support to move these technologies into the market place;
- The effectiveness and magnitude of individual alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technologies to reduce petroleum use, improve air quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions;
- Market applications for alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technologies that can simultaneously maximize petroleum reduction, air quality improvement, and greenhouse gas reduction;
- Market niche applications for alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technologies;
- Coordination with other states to increase the synergy of reducing petroleum use, expanding the use of alternative fuels, improving air quality and lowering greenhouse gas emissions;
- The state of commercial use of alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technologies and the need for Program support to expand their use;
- Analytical and other technical support that will be needed to more clearly delineate the issues and opportunities associated with alternative, renewable and other innovative fuel and vehicle technologies;
- Job skills needed to support an expanding poly-fuel transportation market and current availability of training for these skills; and
- Public and private sources of funding available for job training, applicability to the purpose of the Program, contact information, and the need for Program support to help expand the skilled job pool needed for the future transportation market.