Coalition Leadership
The Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition works with stakeholders and local fleets to help implement AFV’s. This includes information on vehicles, funding, economics, technical aspects, training, fueling and safety. Sacramento Clean Cities is a non-profit 501c3 organization.
Clean Cities Coalition Executive Committee help guide essential decisions that include strategic direction, project focus areas and event planning.
Clean Cities Coalition Executive Committee help guide essential decisions that include strategic direction, project focus areas and event planning.
Executive committee
Keith Leech - Coalition President
Currently leads and directs the operations and activities of Sacramento County's Fleet Division and the Parking Enterprise with an annual operating budget of $ 79 million and 107 FTE employees. Responsibilities include a broad range of fleet management and parking functions Also currently serving as the President of the Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition; Chairman of the Northern California Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association and as Chairman of NAFA’s Government Affairs Committee.
Tim Taylor - Vice President and Co-Director
Tim Taylor managed the Land Use, Communications and Mobile Source Division at the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) from 1996 to 2003 and again from 2007 to his retirement in August of 2018. He began at the Air District in 1991 in the "Clean Alternative Fuels/Low-emission Vehicles (CAF/LEV) Program" and became a Division Manager in 1995.
In August of 2003, Mr. Taylor left the Air District to assume the role of Director of Strategic Marketing Planning for Cleaire, an exhaust emission control company and returned to the Air District in 2007 as a Division Manager overseeing the implementation of a wide range of programs including Mobile Programs, Land Use Programs, Communications Programs and Climate Change Programs.
Mr. Taylor has served on a number of professional associations in the past including Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and President of the Public Equipment Managers Association (PEMA), a member on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Community Air Risk Evaluation (CARE) Task Force, a member of the California Air Pollution Control Officer's Association (CAPCOA) 2010 Climate Change Conference Steering Committee, Chair of the Central California Ozone Study "Further Study Measures" Committee and Chair of the CAPCOA Mobile Source and Fuels Committee. He continues to serve as the Vice President and Co-coordinator of the Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition.
Gina O'Neal - Co-Director
Is an Air Quality Analyst and Grant Writer with a 96% success rate with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. Her niche is event planning with an attendance record upwards of 600 in 2018. Together with Tim Taylor, her mentor and co-coordinator, they have held over 18 workshops, trainings, and events in the past 12 months. Additionally, O’Neal has brought in over $27 million in grant funds for different transportation projects including Sacramento Area Council of Governments’ Green Region and TDM Innovations grants and California Energy Commission’s ZEV Readiness Plan, of which she is the project manager. She is eager to collaborate with other Clean Cities Coordinators and is always open to sharing her testimony and helping others think outside the box.
Raef Porter - Treasurer/Secretary
Raef Porter is the Transportation and Climate Change Program Manager at the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District where he is responsible for managing the Air District’s transportation, equity, climate change and mobile source programs. He is also responsible for the Air District’s Land Use programs providing review and comment on the emission and health impacts of land use development projects, local agency general plans and climate action plans and review of CEQA documents. Prior to working at the Air District, Mr. Porter led the Climate and Energy Team at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) where he oversaw projects on electric vehicles, climate adaptation, climate mitigation, transportation innovation, transportation funding, and air pollution mitigation. He also served as the Executive Director of the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership where he was responsible for all aspects of the agency operations, from daily operations and finance to project oversight focused on creating a clean and vibrant community in Uptown/Old North Sacramento.
Currently leads and directs the operations and activities of Sacramento County's Fleet Division and the Parking Enterprise with an annual operating budget of $ 79 million and 107 FTE employees. Responsibilities include a broad range of fleet management and parking functions Also currently serving as the President of the Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition; Chairman of the Northern California Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association and as Chairman of NAFA’s Government Affairs Committee.
Tim Taylor - Vice President and Co-Director
Tim Taylor managed the Land Use, Communications and Mobile Source Division at the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) from 1996 to 2003 and again from 2007 to his retirement in August of 2018. He began at the Air District in 1991 in the "Clean Alternative Fuels/Low-emission Vehicles (CAF/LEV) Program" and became a Division Manager in 1995.
In August of 2003, Mr. Taylor left the Air District to assume the role of Director of Strategic Marketing Planning for Cleaire, an exhaust emission control company and returned to the Air District in 2007 as a Division Manager overseeing the implementation of a wide range of programs including Mobile Programs, Land Use Programs, Communications Programs and Climate Change Programs.
Mr. Taylor has served on a number of professional associations in the past including Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and President of the Public Equipment Managers Association (PEMA), a member on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Community Air Risk Evaluation (CARE) Task Force, a member of the California Air Pollution Control Officer's Association (CAPCOA) 2010 Climate Change Conference Steering Committee, Chair of the Central California Ozone Study "Further Study Measures" Committee and Chair of the CAPCOA Mobile Source and Fuels Committee. He continues to serve as the Vice President and Co-coordinator of the Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition.
Gina O'Neal - Co-Director
Is an Air Quality Analyst and Grant Writer with a 96% success rate with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. Her niche is event planning with an attendance record upwards of 600 in 2018. Together with Tim Taylor, her mentor and co-coordinator, they have held over 18 workshops, trainings, and events in the past 12 months. Additionally, O’Neal has brought in over $27 million in grant funds for different transportation projects including Sacramento Area Council of Governments’ Green Region and TDM Innovations grants and California Energy Commission’s ZEV Readiness Plan, of which she is the project manager. She is eager to collaborate with other Clean Cities Coordinators and is always open to sharing her testimony and helping others think outside the box.
Raef Porter - Treasurer/Secretary
Raef Porter is the Transportation and Climate Change Program Manager at the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District where he is responsible for managing the Air District’s transportation, equity, climate change and mobile source programs. He is also responsible for the Air District’s Land Use programs providing review and comment on the emission and health impacts of land use development projects, local agency general plans and climate action plans and review of CEQA documents. Prior to working at the Air District, Mr. Porter led the Climate and Energy Team at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) where he oversaw projects on electric vehicles, climate adaptation, climate mitigation, transportation innovation, transportation funding, and air pollution mitigation. He also served as the Executive Director of the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership where he was responsible for all aspects of the agency operations, from daily operations and finance to project oversight focused on creating a clean and vibrant community in Uptown/Old North Sacramento.
Committee Board
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President :
Keith Leech - Sacramento County Vice President and Executive Director : Tim Taylor - Clean Cities Treasurer/Secretary : Raef Porter - SMAQMD Co-Directors : Gina O'Neal - SMAQMD Tim Taylor - Clean Cities Intern : Erika Luther - Clean Cities Project Services : Sharon Kaur - Breathe CA |
Board Directors :
Lisa Chiladakis - CA Air Resources Board Brian Craighead - City of Roseville Chris Flores - SacRT Steve Fratis - SMUD Greg Gilbert - Autumn Wind Associates Guy Hall - SacEV Brent Jamison - CA State Dept. of Gen. Services Dwight MacCurdy - SMUD Timothy Shannon - Twin Rivers USD Evan Speer - SMUD |