Kentucky Clean Cities Partnership Coalition

Melissa Howell has served as the executive director of the Kentucky Clean Cities Partnership (KCCP) since 1993. The Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition, a nonprofit organization, houses the Kentucky Clean Cities Partnership. The Clean Cities program in Kentucky is one of the original 20 coalitions designated in 1994.

The 1999 Clean Cities National Conference was hosted in Louisville, and the first Clean Cities Leadership Retreat took place in 2007 at Mammoth Cave National Park in South Central Kentucky.

Howell was recognized as the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Coordinator of the Year in 2008 and the Southeast Region Clean Cities Coordinator of the Year in 2005. She has been awarded the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award, the Distinguished Service Award by the Kentucky Soybean Association, and the Environmental Leadership Award by Mammoth Cave National Park. She has also been recognized for outstanding leadership by the Kentucky Propane Education and Research Council.