State and Local Members
Leadership & Staff
AAPCA Leadership
President | Karen Hays, Georgia Environmental Protection Division (404) 363-7016
Vice President | Bob Hodanbosi, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, (614) 644-2270
Secretary/Treasurer | Rhonda Thompson, South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environmental Control, (803) 898-4391
Past President | Nancy Vehr, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, (307) 777-3746
AAPCA Committees & Leadership
Ambient Monitoring Committee | DeAnna Oser, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, (404) 363-7004, & Cara Keslar, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, (307) 777-8684
Best Practices Committee | Bob Hodanbosi, Ohio EPA, (614) 644-3585
Compliance, Enforcement, and Testing Committee | Jarrod Bell, Kentucky Division for Air Quality, (502) 564-3999, & Steve Hall, North Carolina Division of Air Quality, (919) 707-8404
Emission Inventory Committee | Kelly Petersen, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, (225) 219-3397
Energy Committee | Randy Strait, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, (919) 707-8721; Beverly Botchlet-Smith, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, (405) 702-4156; & William Montgomery, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality, (501) 682-0885
Local Government Committee | Rachael Hamilton, Louisville Air Pollution Control District, (502) 574-7229
Modeling Committee | Leigh Bacon, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, (334) 270-5689, & James Boylan, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, (404) 363-7014
NAAQS / SIP Committee | Hastings Read, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, (850) 717-9017, & James Johnston, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, (615) 253-7319
Permitting and New Source Review Committee | Eric Cornwell, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, (404) 363-7020; Jane Gilbert, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, (207) 287-2455; & William Willets, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, (919) 707-8726
Public Outreach & Information Committee | Roberta Burnes, Kentucky Division for Air Quality, (502) 564-3999, & Jaime Holt, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, (559) 230-5850
Training Committee | Brian Foster, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, (512) 239-1930, & Jason Rayfield, Mecklenburg County Air Quality, (980) 314-3360
AAPCA Staff
Executive Director | Jason Sloan, jsloan@csg.org, (859) 244-8040
Policy & Membership Associate | Nick Kilby, nkilby@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 23 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.