Alan C. Lloyd, Ph.D.

Chairman
California Air Resources Board

Dr. Alan C. Lloyd is Chairman of the Air Resources Board, a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency.  The 11-member Board’s mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare and ecological resources through effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy.  

An alternative fuels expert, Dr. Lloyd has given presentations to international audiences and authored many articles, focusing on the viable future of advanced technology and renewable fuels, with attention to the urban air quality challenges California faces. Dr. Lloyd previously served as the Executive Director of the Energy and Environmental Engineering Center for the Desert Research Institute at the University and Community College System of Nevada, Reno. Prior to that, he was the Chief Scientist at the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Dr. Lloyd was the 2003 Chairman of the California Fuel Cell Partnership and is a co-founder of the California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative.  He earned both his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Gas Kinetics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.

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