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CleanTech LA brings together business, government, and academia to grow the cleantech sector in Los Angeles, promoting sustainability and economic growth.

Connecting LA's cleantech professionals through networking and educational events, CleanTech LA introduces innovators to investors, professors to policy makers, dreamers to doers, and everything in between. In a big city like Los Angeles, it's important to bring the right people together, and the potential for collaboration is huge.

By telling LA's cleantech story to the world, CleanTech LA promotes Los Angeles as the greenest big city in the United States, a center for cleantech research and innovation, and a creative capital where ideas for a sustainable economy find the support they need to make an impact. LA's infrastructure assets, universities, large and diverse workforce and progressive environmental policies make it a great place for cleantech.

Supporting collaborative research and technology commercialization, CleanTech LA builds on the talents of LA's three world class universities — UCLA, USC, and Caltech — to develop an innovation pipeline that will produce the jobs of the future. CleanTech LA advocates for research funding and helps connect local companies to university intellectual property.

Executive Advisory Board Composed of the principals of member organizations, the Executive Advisory Board provides strategic guidance to the organization.
The Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa (Chair) Mayor City of Los Angeles	Gene Block Chancellor UCLA
Jean-Lou Chameau President Caltech	Mary Leslie President Los Angeles Business Council
C.L. Max Nikias President USC	Gary Toebben CEO LA Area Chamber of Commerce
Christine Essel CEO CRA-LA	Ron Nichols General Manager LADWP
Bill Allen President and CEO LAEDC	Carol Schatz President and CEO CCA

Board of Directors
Michael Swords (Chairman) Exec. Director, Strategic Research Initiatives UCLA	Alex Fay (Vice-Chair) Business Development Manager Quallion
Michelle Garakian VP, Public Policy LA Business Council	Hall Daily Director, Government Relations Caltech
Alex Paxton Project Manager, Central Industrial Project Area CRA-LA	Kelli Bernard Director, Economic Development Group LADWP Organization
Dean Wiberg Program Manager, Commercial Program Office JPL	David Galaviz Executive Director, Local Government Relations USC
Jessica Duboff Public Policy Manager LA Chamber	Randy Churchill Director of Business Development PwC
Eydie Galper Grossman Director of Strategic Initiatives LAEDC	Jeff Reed Director of Emerging Technology SoCal Gas
Ryan S. Langan Commercial Manager, West Region GE	Shawn Gehle Design Director Gensler
Forest Beanum Vice President, Government Relations Coda Automotive	Kathryn McDermott Deputy Executive Director, Business Development Port of LA
Susan Kennedy Senior Policy Advisor Alston+Bird	Jeff Joyner Shareholder Greenberg Traurig

Board Member News

Port of LA Pollution Declines for 4th Straight Year
The port of Los Angeles is living up to its Clean Air Action Plan commitment with up to 50% less diesel particulate matter (DPM) in Wilmington from 2006. Cleaner equipment, the Clean Truck Program and state air quality regulations have been a major part of the port’s success.
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LA Rated #1 Water-Friendly City
According to the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter’s Water Conservation Measures Scorecard, Los Angeles ranked highest amongst Los Angeles and Orange County cities, saving more than 75 billion gallons-over one-third of the city’s annual usage.
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Make Locally and Sell Globally
The world is in transition and is offering possibly the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century. The question is: Can we grab it?
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Upcoming Events

What Climate Change Means for LA: Likely Impacts and Proactive Policies
Friday, May 31, 2013
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Cars, Streets and Public Policy: The Future of Southern California
Saturday, June 01, 2013
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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2013 SCAQMD Clean Air Awards Nominations Deadline
Monday, July 01, 2013
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