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newsrel -- CARB Deputy Executive Officer to receive honor from leading industry group

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 10:54:50
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board: http://bit.ly/1WgwOQv

Versión en español disponible en: http://bit.ly/1O5c6gq
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 11, 2016

NEWS RELEASE 16-05

CONTACT:

Karen Caesar
(916) 322-2990
karen.caesar@arb.ca.gov


MECA
(202) 296-4797 


CARB Deputy Executive Officer to receive honor from leading
industry group

Clean Air Award from MECA goes to Dr. Alberto Ayala


SACRAMENTO - Dr. Alberto Ayala, Deputy Director of the California
Air Resources Board, has received the Manufacturers of Emission
Controls Association (MECA) “Clean Air Award” and will be honored
at the organization’s 40th anniversary celebration February 11th
in Washington, D.C.

Presented every 10 years, the Clean Air Award pays tribute to
individuals who have made significant contributions towards clean
air and public health.  Past recipients include Mary Nichols, Dr.
Alan Lloyd, Congressman Henry Waxman and many others noted for
embracing environmental challenges and helping to pioneer new
approaches to solving air quality problems.

“I am deeply honored by this recognition from MECA, an
organization of individuals whom I consider peers and highly
respect,” said Dr. Ayala.  “I accept this award not only on my
behalf, but also on behalf of the Air Resources Board and in
light of the tremendous progress we have made cleaning up vehicle
emissions over the years in strong partnership with leading
technology developers like MECA and its members.”

“Our organization has a long history working with Alberto,” said
Dr. Rasto Brezny, Executive Director of MECA.  “We have always
valued his straightforward approach as well as his candor and
insight into the myriad complex issues surrounding air quality
and climate change policy.  He is able to navigate this world
with ease and has demonstrated a great talent for applying
advanced, futuristic solutions to today’s real world air
pollution problems.”

This year’s festivities, celebrating 40 years since the
introduction of advanced emission controls on vehicles, will take
place at the U.S. Capitol Visitors’ Center.  Also being honored
at this event are Christopher Grundler, Director of the Office of
Transportation and Air Quality for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and Drew Kodjak, ‎Executive Director at
The International Council on Clean Transportation 

Dr. Ayala joined ARB in 2000.  Throughout his ARB career, he has
held management assignments in a variety of programs, including
Carl Moyer incentives, AB 32 early actions , the diesel control
program, and vehicle emissions research.  Prior to being
appointed Deputy Executive Officer, he served as chief of the
Monitoring and Laboratory Division.

In his current capacity, Dr. Ayala oversees the full range of
policy, regulatory and research efforts of more than 500
professionals focused on achieving CARB’s goals for clean,
zero-emission, and low carbon transportation; state-of-the-art
monitoring for air and climate pollution, and a widely recognized
motor vehicle emissions and fuels testing program.  Before
joining ARB, Dr. Ayala was an engineering professor at West
Virginia University, where he now holds an adjunct appointment,
and  a design engineer for Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical.  He holds
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of California, Davis.  He has published extensively,
spoken nationally and internationally, and lectured as a visiting
professor in California and abroad.

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Editor’s Note: a photograph of Dr. Ayala is available via
pio@arb.ca.gov




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