Coachella Valley Region Clean Cities Coalition

Clean fuels consultant Richard Cromwell III is a founding member of the Coachella Valley Region Clean Cities coalition. When the Coachella Valley Region coalition was founded, on Earth Day in 1996, Cromwell was the general manager and CEO of SunLine Transit Agency, the lead agency for the coalition. He has been the coordinator of the coalition since 2008.

In the early years of the coalition, a series of clean natural gas stations was developed featuring public access. Concurrently, the coalition helped local fleets find grant funds to assist with vehicle procurement. The coalition won three awards in two years: from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for leveraging $4.577 million in grant funds, from Southern California Gas Co. for clean fuel achievements, and from DOE for outstanding public outreach. Through his leadership, hydrogen fueling infrastructure and vehicles were also implemented in the Coachella Valley.

In 2002, Cromwell was honored for outstanding leadership advancement of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) and as an AFV Hero at the National Clean Cities Awards.

Suzanne Seivright is the co-coordinator of the Clean Cities Coachella Valley Region. She has experience in the environmental field working in both the public and private sectors. Seivright has focused on legislation and rules related to engines, existing fuels and their respective opportunities and challenges, engine emission control devices, and alternative fuel/advanced vehicle technologies. She has been instrumental in identifying opportunities that includes market and channel development, collaborating with early adopters, and sourcing of government funding.

Seivright has developed and implemented successful campaigns to promote implementation of alternative fuel/advanced technology implementation and air quality awareness to the general public that were recognized by South Coast Air Quality Management District, American Lung Association of California, and the American Planning Association of the Inland Region. Seivright has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Administrative Studies with a focus on Marketing from the University of California, Riverside.