The Regional Air Quality Planning Committee (RAQPC) is appointed by the H-GAC Board of Directors to assist and advise H-GAC, regional and local governments, transportation organizations and other agencies on air quality issues. The Committee reviews air quality plans for the H-GAC region and recommends actions necessary to improve the region's air quality. RAQPC includes representatives of local government, public health, transportation, industry, business, environmental organizations and citizens drawn from the eight-county nonattainment area.
Voting Members | |
Jed Anderson
Business/Industry Craig Beskid
Citizen/Environmental Dana Blume (Chair)
Business/Industry Rhonda Boyer
Local Government Catarina Cron (Immediate Past Chair)
Local Government Dee Ann Haney
Business/Industry Bud Karachiwala
Local Government Steve Kilpatrick
Business/Industry Matthew Kuryla
Business/Industry Robert Lanham
Business/Industry Carol Nixon
Local Government Sandra Pickett
Citizen/Environmental | Mark Peak
Citizen/Environmental Karl Pepple
Local Government Ruby Lee Sandars
Citizen/Environmental Bentin Santos (Vice Chair)
Citizen/Environmental Ronald Schultz
Local Government Adam Smith
Local Government Jeff Suggs
Local Government G. Michael White
Local Government Beth Whitehead
Business/Industry Mary Ellen Whitworth
Citizen/Environmental Paulette Wolfson
Local Government |
Non-Voting Members | |
Lola Brown
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Austin
Diana Sullivan
Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality - Houston
| Kathy Singleton
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Austin Peggy Wade
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6 |