High-Volume Fleet Comittee | Clean Cities Committee

Event Partners

ACT Expo is expertly driven by our event partners the U.S. Department of Energy and its Clean Cities Program and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Working in tandem with these esteemed government organizations, the ACT Expo event committee ensures that a keen level of expertise and insight is present throughout the various stages of content and agenda development and further serves to promote the educational aspects of the nation's leading advanced clean technologies conference. Click on the logos below to learn more about our event partners.

Committees

Planning committees provided conference organizers with direction on topics relevant to a variety of stakeholder groups.  The input from these committee members was used to steer conference programming and ensure that all sectors of alternative fuels was well-represented at the event and during the planning process.

High-Volume Fleet Committee

The high volume fleet committee was comprised of individuals who have been decidedly progressive in their adoption of alternative fuel technologies in fleet operations.  Collectively, this group manages thousands of vehicles across all alternative fuel types and oversees some of the most innovative fleet operations in the country.

• Mike Britt, Director of Maintenance & Engineering, Ground Fleet, United Parcel Service
• Tim Conlon,President, California Yellow Cab
• Tim Denny, Vice President, Administration, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
• Tony Eiermann, Fleet Manager, Asset & Value Management, Coca Cola Refreshments USA, Inc.
• Jonathan Ells, Deputy Director of Operations, City of New York, Parks & Recreation
• Joe Gold, Head of Fleet Asset & Engineering Leader, Frito-Lay, Inc
• George Karbowski, Director of Operations and Maintenance, Foothill Transit
• Spiro Kattan, Supervisor of Mechanics, Bureau of Motor Equipment, Vehicle Acquisition & Warranty, New York City Department of Sanitation
• Ken McKenney, Sustainable Fleet Specialist, Verizon Fleet Operations
• Ralph Merced, Transit Maintenance Manager, Big Blue Bus
• Satish Natarajan, Director of Fleet Operations, Aramark Uniform Services
• Scott Perry, Vice President - Vehicle Supply Management, Ryder System, Inc.
• Kevin Richardson, Facility Manager, The Parking Spot
• John Shipman, Director of CNG, Con Edison
• Jeff Schueler, Fleet Maintenance Director, Schwan Food Company
• Andrew Slater, Command Fleet Manager, United States Air Forces in Europe
• Matthew Stewart, Senior Automotive Equipment Analyst, City of Chicago
• Greg Tabak, Chair, Electric Vehicle Initiative, Enterprise Holdings
• Marty Tufte, Western Group Fleet Director, Waste Management
• Chris Wiley, Green Fleet Coordinator, City of Seattle

Clean Cities Committee

The Clean Cities Committee was comprised of coalition leaders from across the nation. Members of this group lead alternative fuel project development endeavors of all sizes and are experts in facilitating the development of public-private partnerships. This committee offered the benefit of years of research and experience in deployment and infrastructure projects working intensely towards the goal of petroleum use reduction in the United States.

• Richard Battersby, Director Fleet Services and Clean Cities Coordinator, University of California, Davis
• Samantha Bingham, Clean Cities Coordinator, Chicago Clean Cities Coalition
• Kathy Boyer, Co-coordinator, Triangle Clean Cities (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill)
• Pamela Burns, Clean Cities Coordinator, Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coalition
• Mark Smith, Vehicle Technologies Deployment Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
• Kevin Herdler, Executive Director, St. Louis Regional Clean Cities
• Colleen Crowninshield, Clean Cities Program, Tucson Clean Cities
• Chuck Feinberg, Chairman and President, New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition
• Christina Ficicchia, Executive Director, New York City Lower Hudson Valley Clean Communities
• Don Francis, Clean Cities Coordinator, Clean Cities Atlanta
• Lee Grannis, Clean Cities Coordinator, Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition
• Matt Horton, Regional Affairs Officer - Los Angeles County, Southern California Association of Governments
• Wayne King, Environmental Specialist, Regulatory Affairs Division, City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
• Sandra Loi, Clean Cities Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Stephanie Meyn, Program Manager, Puget Sound Clean Cities (Seattle)
• Irene Rizza, Northern Coordinator for UCCC, Utah Clean Cities Coalition
• Sam Spofforth, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Ohio
• Richard Steinhaus, Administrative Analyst, Fleet Operations, City of Long Beach Department of Public Works
• Kellie Walsh, Executive Director, Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance
• Kevin Wood, Clean Cities Coordinator, San Diego Regional Clean Cities