CTE Welcomes Jaimie Levin as Director of West Coast Operations

Atlanta,  GA -   July  2013 -   Atlanta  based  Center  for  Transportation  and  the  Environment  (CTE)  is  proud  to  announce  Jaimie  Levin  as  a  Senior  Program  Manager  and  Director  of  West  Coast  Operations.  Mr.  Levin   will head CTE's new office in Berkeley, CA.  CTE  Executive  Director  Dan  Raudebaugh  states,  "I  have  known  Jaimie  for  many  years  and  have  always  admired  his  passion  for  the  clean  transportation  industry  and  his  knowledge  and  experience  using  clean  fuels,  particularly  hydrogen,  in  transit  applications.  The  expertise  that  he  brings  to  CTE  will  be  a  valuable  asset  to  our  organization."  

Mr.  Levin  recently  retired  as  the  Alameda-Contra  Costa  Transit  District's  (AC  Transit)  first  Director  of  Environmental  Technology.  During  his  15-year  career  at  one  of  the  largest  transit  agencies  in  the  San  Francisco  Bay  Area,  he  was  responsible  for  a  range  of  program  activities,  including  alternative  fuels  development,  environmental  policy,  and  renewable  and  sustainable  program  initiatives.

In  his  role  as  the  program  manager  for  the  Bay  Area's  advanced  fuel  cell  bus  demonstration  program,  ZEBA  (Zero  Emission  Bay  Area),  he  was  responsible  for  raising  $88  million  in  grant  funds  and  private  contributions  to  build  and  manage  a  fleet  of  energy-efficient,  zero-emission  fuel  cell  buses,  five  hydrogen  fueling  stations,  three  solar-powered  stations,  and  a  highly  efficient  stationary  fuel  cell  power  system  fueled  with  biogas.  Collectively,  these  projects  are  saving  AC  Transit  nearly  $500,000  per  year  in  utility  costs,  reducing  annual  diesel  consumption  by  more  than  100,000  gallons,  producing  in  excess  of  5,900  Megawatt  hours  of  renewable  energy  annually,  and  eliminating  more  than  3,500  tons  of  greenhouse  gases  per  year.  

In 2006 Mr.  Levin  was  awarded  the  San  Francisco  Bay  Area  Metropolitan  Transportation  Commission's  "Excellence  in  Motion"  award  for  his  environmental  work.  In 2012, the U.S.  Department  of  Energy  honored  him  with  their  "Hydrogen  and  Fuel  Cells  Program  Special  Recognition  Award,"  and  in  2013,  AC  Transit's  environmental  program  under  Mr.  Levin's  direction  was  recognized  by  California  Governor  Jerry  Brown  with  the  "2012  Governor's  Environmental  and  Economic  Leadership  Award"  (GEELA).  Mr.  Levin  holds  a  Masters  of  City  Planning  degree  (MCP)  from  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley,  with  a  focus  on  land  use,  transportation,  and  energy.

 Previously  he  was  AC  Transit's  representative  to  the  California  Fuel  Cell  Partnership  and  continues  to  collaborate  with  them  as  an  advocate  for  the  commercialization  of  fuel  cell  technology.  He  presently  serves  on  the  advisory  boards  of  UC  Berkeley's  Transportation  Sustainability  Research  Center  (TSRC)  and  the  Schatz  Energy  Research  Center  (SERC)  at  Humboldt  State  University.  

"I'm  excited  about  joining  the  CTE  team  to  reach  out  to  a  larger  national  audience  and  to  greatly  expand  the  work  I  successfully  pursued  while  at  AC  Transit.  CTE  and  its  visionary  professional  staff  not  only  have  a  reputation  for  effectively  creating  productive  public/private  partnerships  and  obtaining  numerous  grants,  but  they  also  have  a  proven  track  record  of  providing  valuable  organizational  and  managerial  skills  and  services  to  guarantee  the  successful  implementation  of  complex  transportation  projects."

‍About  CTE

‍The  Center  for  Transportation  and  the  Environment  (CTE)  is  a  nonprofit,  501(c)(3)  organization  based  in  Atlanta,  Georgia  that  develops  technologies  and  implements solutions  to  achieve  energy  and  environment  sustainability.  Since  its  founding  in  1993,  CTE  has  managed  a  portfolio  of  more  than  $240  million  in  federal,  state,  and  local  cost-shared  research,  development,  and  demonstration  projects  involving  more than 100  organizations  in  the  advanced  transportation  technology  field.  CTE  has  facilitated  and  leveraged  funding  for  its  projects  and  initiatives  from  the  U.S.  Department  of  Defense,  Energy,  Interior,  and  Transportation,  as  well  as  from  the  U.S.  Army and  NASA,  among  many  others.
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