State and Local Members
Leadership & Staff
AAPCA Leadership
President | Mike Abraczinskas, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Vice President | Jason Meyers, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Secretary/Treasurer | Rhonda Thompson, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
Past President | Bryce Bird, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
AAPCA Committees & Leadership
Air Toxics Committee | David Clark, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality, & Melissa Fortenberry, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Ambient Monitoring Committee | DeAnna Oser, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, & Ryan Biggerstaff, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Best Practices Committee | Hether Krause, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, & Bob Hodanbosi, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Compliance, Enforcement, and Testing Committee | Sean Taylor, Georgia Environmental Protection Division; Jarrod Bell, Kentucky Division for Air Quality; Steve Hall, North Carolina Division of Air Quality; & James Robertson, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Emissions Inventory Committee | Kelly Petersen, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, & Eric Cohen, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Energy Committee | Beverly Botchlet-Smith, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality; Randy Strait, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; & Katie Quinlan, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Local Government Committee | Jason Howanitz, Air & Radiation Protection Division, Jefferson County Health Department, & Brad Poiriez, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
Modeling Committee | Leigh Bacon, Alabama Department of Environmental Management; Iqbal Hossan, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality; & Byeong Kim, Georgia Environmental Protection Division
NAAQS/SIP Committee | Tricia Treece, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality; Hastings Read, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; & James Johnston, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Permitting & New Source Review Committee | Jane Gilbert, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, & Andrew Keyfauver, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Public Outreach & Information Committee | Roberta Burnes, Kentucky Division for Air Quality, & Jaime Holt, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Training Committee | Brian Foster, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, & Jesse Adkins, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
AAPCA Staff
Executive Director | Jason Sloan, jsloan@csg.org, (859) 244-8043
Policy & Membership Specialist | Morgan Dickie, mdickie@csg.org, (859) 244-8042
About AAPCA
The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies, or AAPCA, is a national, non-profit, consensus-driven organization focused on assisting state and local air quality agencies and personnel with implementation and technical issues associated with the federal Clean Air Act. Created in 2012, AAPCA represents 48 state and local air pollution control agencies, and senior officials from 21 state environmental agencies currently sit on the AAPCA Board of Directors. AAPCA is housed in Lexington, Kentucky as an affiliate of The Council of State Governments.