State and Local Members
Leadership & Staff
AAPCA Leadership
President | Jason Meyers, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Vice President | Laura Crowder, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Secretary/Treasurer | Hether Krause, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Past President | Mike Abraczinskas, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
AAPCA Committees & Leadership
Air Toxics Committee | David Clark, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality & Connie Turner, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Ambient Monitoring Committee | Jaime Gore, 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 & James Robertson, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Emissions Inventory Committee | Kelly Petersen, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality & Carrie Schroeder, Oklahoma 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; Byeong Kim, Georgia Environmental Protection Division; & Rex Compston, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
NAAQS/SIP Committee | Hastings Read, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; James Johnston, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; & Michael Morris, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
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 | Julie Robinson, North Carolina Division of Air Quality & Jesse Adkins, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
AAPCA Staff
Executive Director | Jason Sloan, jsloan@csg.org, (859) 244-8043
Senior 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 51 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.