A vibrant and healthy economic and environmental future for the ports is vital to us all.

We must meet the ports' environmental challenges. But to do this, it is essential that we build needed marine and landside shipping facilities and improve our transportation corridors. Without these improvements, congestion and air quality will only worsen. Inaction or delay is not an option .In order to green the ports, we must grow them.

FuturePorts supports greening and growing our ports.

Air Quality: Are we making progress?

Date: May 16, 2008
Location: The Coast Long Beach Hotel, 700 Queensway Dr., Long Beach, CA 90802

About the speakers:

Ralph G. Appy, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Management Division
Port of Los Angeles
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Dr. Ralph Appy is Environmental Manager for the Port of Los Angeles. Under Dr. Appy's leadership, the Port of Los Angeles is widely acknowledged as having the most innovative, comprehensive environmental program of any port in the Untied States.

The Port of Los Angeles' Environmental Program include implementation of far-reaching air quality programs and climate action initiatives; monitoring and management of water, storm water and sediment resources; soil and groundwater restoration; habitat management, and environmental compliance. Dr. Appy oversees environmental evaluation of capital development projects and critical air quality improvement programs including the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan.

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in marine biology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He was a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the University Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He is a board member and past president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, and is Vice President of the Harbors, Navigation and Environment Committee of the American Association of Port Authorities.

Mike Buckantz
President
Justice & Associates

Mike has a broad background including nearly 20 years experience in air quality compliance issues as a regulator and as a consultant. He served as an air quality engineer at South Coast Air Quality Management District for five years before consulting in the Midwest and the Southeast. For the last ten years he has worked as a consultant for Justice & Associates. He has been President of Justice & Associates since 2001.

Mike is an active participant in the California Air Resources Board’s work groups related to the development of diesel engine regulations and he has participated in the development of the off-road diesel rule since November, 2004. Mike is the air quality technical advisor for the Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition and also sits on the FuturePorts Board of Directors.

Mike makes it his business to know what environmental issues are affecting the construction industries. He is often asked to provide information on Best Available Control Technology and newly developed pollution control equipment. He spends quite a bit of time speaking to industry focus groups on air quality issues, particularly in the area of upcoming regulatory requirements.

Jim Flanagan
General Management Regulatory Affairs
APM Terminals Pacific Ltd.
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Jim Flanagan was named General Manager Regulatory Affairs for APM Terminals Pacific Ltd. in 2005 and reports to Alan McCorkle, Senior Vice President of APM Terminals Pacific Ltd. In this capacity, Mr. Flanagan is responsible for regulatory and legislative issues for all U.S. West Coast terminal activities for the company.

Jim joined the A. P. Moller-Maersk group of companies in 1999 after having worked for Sea-Land Service, Inc. for more than 25 years. He has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility throughout his career. Sales, operations and process excellence are a few of the disciplines he has managed over the years.

Jim holds a B.S. in Business Management from California State University, Long Beach and is a graduate of numerous Executive Leadership programs. He presents the company on the board of the International Trade Education Program (ITEP). He has been directly involved with all environmental initiatives the company has undertaken over the years including the most recent Fuel Switch project.

Jim and his family reside in Southern California.

Peter M. Greenwald
Senior Policy Advisor
South Coast Air Quality Management District
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Peter Greenwald has over twenty years of experience in air quality law and policy. He currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Mr. Greenwald holds a Bachelor's Degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Santa Clara School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review. Between 1990 and 2000, Mr. Greenwald served as General Counsel for the SCAQMD, heading up a legal staff of over thirty attorneys, investigators and support personnel. From 2000 through 2003, he engaged in private consulting practice assisting regulatory agencies including air quality districts throughout California and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Greenwald's recent work includes developing policy and legislative proposals, and engaging in advocacy, in order to reduce pollution from burgeoning international goods movement activities.

Joan Greenwood
Long Beach Sustainable City Commissioner and Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance Board Member

Joan Greenwood has been actively involved in Long Beach environmental issues for over 15 years and a resident of Long Beach for 22 years. She is Long Beach Sustainable City Commissioner appointed by Mayor Bob Foster and a founding Board Member of the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance (WANA). Ms. Greenwood is an analytical chemist with a certificate in strategic environmental management from the University of California, Irvine. Currently, she is a senior project manager dealing with emerging environmental issues at Targhee, an environmental consulting firm located in downtown Long Beach.

John Hakel
Vice President, Government Relations
Associated General Contractor of California

Mr. Hakel joined AGC of California in 1985. Currently Mr. Hakel's staff responsibilities are: Agency Liaison State/Federal, Legal Advisory Committee, Building Division, Political Action Committee, Legislative Committee, Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition, and Construction Industry Coalition Water Quality, Green Book Committee, LAUSD Bond Oversight Committee, and the Mobility 21 Coalition Executive Committee. Mr. Hakel has served on numerous community, government and non-profit boards and expert panels.

Kevin Hayes
Senior Vice President
Long Beach Container Terminal, Inc.
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Kevin Hayes is a native of Charleston, SC, has worked in the marine transportation field since 1984. After moving through several positions at Seapac Services, Inc. and Charleston Container Terminal, Inc., he joined Long Beach Container Terminal, Inc. in 1993. Since then he has moved through the ranks in several departments, recently being named Senior Vice President.

Stacey G. Jones, P.E.
Senior Vice President
Halcrow, Inc.

Stacey Jones is a Sr. Vice President and brings 25 years of leadership and engineering experience to Halcrow. She is responsible for the operational activities relating to the West Coast Region of North America for all maritime based planning, design and professional services while also playing a lead role in developing transportation, water and environmental projects at Halcrow.

Ms. Jones currently serves as the President of the Board of FuturePorts, a non-profit advocacy organization supporting the sustainable growth of the southern California port complex; Secretary on the Board of the International Trade Education Program; and member of the Board of the Port of Los Angeles Charter High School.

Robert G. Kanter, Ph.D.
Managing Director of Environmental Affairs and Planning
Port of Long Beach
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With more than 30 years of experience, Dr. Robert G. Kanter is the Managing Director of Environmental Affairs and Planning for the Port of Long Beach. As director, Dr. Kanter guides the port's environmental, transportation, and master land use planning divisions. He coordinates short- and long-range land-use planning with an eye toward forecasted commodity trends in international trade and commerce.

Dr. Kanter's responsibilities include development of policies and plans for truck, rail, and transportation infrastructure improvements that are required to meet the demands created by increasing international trade. He is also responsible for developing port environmental policies, ensuring that the port is in compliance with existing environmental regulations, and planning for future requirements. He is one of the principal architects of the Green Port Policy and San Pedro Bay Port's Clean Air Action Plan

Frances L. Keeler
Of Counsel
Keesal, Young & Logan

Practice Areas: Environmental Law
Frances Keeler is Of Counsel in the firm's Long Beach Office, where she specializes in environmental law. Her emphasis is in the California and federal Clean Air Acts; district, state and federal regulatory development and CEQA. Ms. Keeler’s extensive experience includes counseling clients in permitting and compliance matters, emissions trading, variances and enforcement actions and conducting environmental audits.

Prior to joining Keesal, Young & Logan, Ms. Keeler was a Senior Deputy District Counsel with the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the air pollution control agency for the Los Angeles air basin. Ms. Keeler has over 23 years of experience with the agency. Ms. Keeler has been involved in the development of air quality management plans and rules that implement the plan and permitting and compliance issues. Ms. Keeler represented the District in the development of credit trading programs and has been actively involved in the state and federal programs to regulate non-road sources such as locomotives, marine vessels and ground support equipment. Ms. Keeler's litigation experience in both state and federal courts has primarily focused on the Clean Air Act and CEQA. Prior to joining District Counsel, Ms. Keeler worked for eight years in the Operations Management and Enforcement Divisions of the District as an industrial operations inspector and staff specialist. Her undergraduate degree is in chemistry.

Cynthia Marvin
Assistant Division Chief, Planning and Technical Support Division
California Air Resources Board
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Cynthia Marvin is the assistant division chief for planning and technical support at the California Air Resources Board. Her background includes 19 years of experience with the Board managing clean air planning and developing regulations to protect public health, plus private sector work as a banking executive and a B.S. in Environmental Toxicology.

Ms. Marvin led development of CARB’s 2006 Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and Goods Movement in California. She currently oversees California’s $1 billion Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program to cut air pollution and related health impacts from freight movement through financial incentives for cleaner equipment.

David Pettit
Senior Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council

David Pettit is a Senior Attorney and Director of the Southern California Air Quality Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Mr. Pettit is a 1975 graduate of the UCLA School of Law. He has worked in public service, private practice and in teaching. Before coming to NRDC in April, 2007, Mr. Pettit was a shareholder in the Los Angeles litigation firm Caldwell, Leslie, Newcombe & Pettit. Mr. Pettit’s work at NRDC involves litigation and advocacy regarding air quality and in associated areas such as goods movement, traffic management and land use.

Nancy Pfeffer
President
Network Public Affairs, LLC

Nancy Pfeffer is President of Network Public Affairs, a firm specializing in public policy analysis and communications related to environment and transportation. Before founding NPA, she worked for the Southern California Association of Governments on goods movement, public outreach, and environmental justice. She is a resident of Long Beach.

Joseph L. Ray
Starcrest Consulting Group, LLC
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Joseph Ray has been in the air quality field for over 25 years and has been working with maritime related clients on their air quality issues for the past 10 years. Joseph is a principal with Starcrest Consulting Group, LLC, a dynamic small business dedicated to providing clients with high quality technical, environmental, and business services support in the field of air quality engineering, planning, and policy. In his role with Starcrest, Joseph has been providing assistance to the San Pedro Bay Ports in the development and implementation of their Clean Air Action Plan and its supporting air emissions inventories. Joseph holds a Master of Public Health degree in Environmental Management from the University of Oklahoma.

Martin Schlageter
Coalition for Clean Air

Martin Schlageter is campaign and advocacy director for the Coalition for Clean Air. He guides the organization’s advocacy on ports and freight transport pollution across the state. He joined the Coalition staff in 2002 to help steer California, and especially Los Angeles, toward a greater transition toward renewable energy and away from the reliance on polluting sources of energy such as coal and other fossil fuels. Martin previously worked as conservation coordinator for Sierra Club in the Los Angeles and Orange counties, helping to implement its numerous local, state and national campaigns on a wide variety of issues. He has also served as executive director of Friends of the Los Angeles River.

Joseph E. Sparano
President
Western States Petroleum Association

Joe Sparano is President of the Western States Petroleum Association, where he oversees the trade organization's operations and advocacy in six Western states – California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii.

Mr. Sparano was appointed to the WSPA position in March 2003 and provides WSPA with the benefit of 38 years experience in the petroleum industry. He was previously President of Tesoro Petroleum's West Coast Regional Business Unit and Vice President of the company’s Heavy Fuels Marketing segment.

Joe's career also includes service as Chairman and CEO of Long Beach-based Pacific Refining Company and executive positions with Exxon, Ultramar, Union Pacific Resources/Champlin and Mercury Air Group. He has served as a consultant for TransCanada Pipelines’ Executive Management, and has been president of his own consulting firm.

Mr. Sparano graduated cum laude from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He has pursued graduate studies in business administration at both Stevens and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

The Honorable Tonia Reyes Uranga
Long Beach City Council Member, District 7
South Coast Air Quality Management District Board Member

Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga was elected in June 2002 and reelected in April 2006 to represent the Seventh District on the Long Beach City Council. Tonia is proud to represent the most diverse council district in the most diverse city in the nation. Councilwoman Reyes Uranga was also elected in June 2006 by the City Selection Committee to represent the 61 cities of the Los Angeles Counties – Eastern Region on the South Coast AQMD Governing Board effective July 7, 2006.

Councilwoman Reyes Uranga is the Chair of the Long Beach City Council's newly formed Environmental Committee and the I-710 Oversight Committee. As Chair of the City's two primary committees responsible for preserving the quality of life in our neighborhoods, Tonia Reyes Uranga continues to lead efforts to improve air quality and protect the environment by managing Port growth and airport expansion.

Tonia was appointed by Mayor Bob Foster to represent the City as a Director on the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles Counties and as a Board Member on the Southern California Association of Governments. She also serves on the League of California Cities Environmental Policy Board and the Board of the League's Latino Caucus. Tonia maintains a leadership role with the National League of Cities as the Hispanic Elected Local Officials' representative to the Education Task Force.

Tonia remains active in the community by volunteering her time with community-based organizations and serves on the Board of Directors of the St. Mary's Medical Center Board of Trustees. She is an Inaugural class participant and Alumna of Leadership Long Beach and Leadership California and Board Member Emeritus of the Westside Long Beach Youth Foundation.

Tonia's recognitions include the Leadership California Community Leader Award, the NAACP Humanitarian Award, the LAMBDA Human Rights Award and the Community Service Award from the California State LULAC to name a few.

Tonia Reyes Uranga is a 40-year resident of Long Beach and studied History at the University of California at Los Angeles. Tonia and Roberto Uranga, a member of the Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees, are parents of college students: Rosalinda, Emiliano and Roberto Tomas.

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