About NACAA

Our Membership


NACAA is the national, non-partisan, non-profit association of air pollution control agencies in 40 states, including 117 local air agencies, the District of Columbia and five territories. NACAA exists to advance the equitable protection of clean air and public health for all, and to improve the capability and effectiveness of state and local air agencies.

Our Mission & Values


Our Mission
:
NACAA exists to advance the equitable protection of clean air and public health for all, and to improve the capability and effectiveness of state and local air agencies.

Our Values:
NACAA is:

  • An advocate for the equitable protection of clean air and public health;
  • A community that proactively seeks to foster diversity, access, equity, and inclusion in our makeup, our policies, and our actions
  • A provider of valued services and resources to the members;
  • A source of credible expertise to decision-makers;
  • A forum for learning with, and from, each other;
  • A point of focus for effective state and local agency interaction with the federal government; and
  • A national association that thrives because its members have common interests, while respecting one another’s differences.

Leadership

NACAA’s 17-member Board of Directors includes a state agency representative from each of the 10 EPA regions across the country and seven local agency representatives. Officers include co-presidents (one state and one local), co-vice presidents and co-treasurers.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • CO-PRESIDENT
    Kathy Taylor
    Washington
  • CO-PRESIDENT
    Wayne Nastri
    Los Angeles, CA
  • CO-VICE PRESIDENT
    Chris LaLone
    New York
  • CO-VICE PRESIDENT
    Latrice Babin
    Harris County, TX
  • CO-TREASURER
    Kendal Stegmann
    Oklahoma
  • CO-TREASURER
    Francisco Vega
    Reno, NV
  • PAST CO-PRESIDENT
    Tracy Babbidge
    Connecticut
  • PAST CO-PRESIDENT
    Mark Buford
    Mount Vernon, WA
  • DIRECTOR
    Edie Chang
    California
  • DIRECTOR
    Stephen Hall
    Missouri
  • DIRECTOR
    Bill Hayes
    Boulder, CO
  • DIRECTOR
    Frank Kohlasch
    Minnesota
  • DIRECTOR
    Angela Marconi
    Delaware
  • DIRECTOR
    Michael Ogletree
    Colorado
  • DIRECTOR
    Richard Stedman
    Monterey Bay, CA
  • DIRECTOR
    Michelle Walker Owenby
    Tennessee
  • DIRECTOR
    Erik White
    Auburn, CA
  • SECRETARY
    Miles Keogh

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

  • Agriculture Shelley Schneider NebraskaVacantVacant 
  • Air Toxics Frank Steitz New Jersey Latrice Babin Harris County, TX
  • Climate Change Frank KohlaschMinnesota 
    Alberto Ayala Sacramento, CA
  • Criteria Pollutants Gail Good Wisconsin Wayne Nastri Los Angeles, CA
  • Emissions and Modeling Angela Marconi Delaware  Philip Fine San Francisco, CA
  • Enforcement Michael Dowd Virginia Richard Stedman Monterey, CA
  • Mobile Sources and Fuels Tracy Babbidge Connecticut Erik White Auburn, CA
  • Monitoring Heidi Hales Vermont Sam Rubens Akron, OH
  • Permitting and NSR Ali Mirzakhalili Oregon Francisco Vega Washoe County, NV
  • Program Funding Michelle Walker Owenby
    Tennessee Rollin Sachs Johnson County, KS
  • Public Outreach Christine Kirby Massachusetts Leslie Rhodes Mecklenburg County, NC
  • Training Kendal Stegmann Oklahoma Mark Buford Mount Vernon, WA

NACAA Staff

NACAA’s staff strives to provide the association’s members with information, opportunities and expertise of outstanding quality. Serving our members, so that they can clean up the air, is our highest priority.