North Dakota Clean Cities Coalition

Joey Roberson-Kitzman began serving as coordinator for North Dakota Clean Cities in 2011. Hosted by the American Lung Association in North Dakota (ALAND), Joey's responsibilities include educating motorists and fleets about the air quality and health benefits of using cleaner alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuels. Partnerships developed through North Dakota Clean Cities and the Lung Association's North Dakota Clean Air Choice Team have led to statewide efforts to develop renewable fuel infrastructure, conduct education through major media and local grassroots efforts and advocate for policy encouraging alternative fuel development.

In addition to his work with North Dakota Clean Cities, Joey has extensive experience in community organizing and political science and earned his degree from Dickinson State University. He is currently working on his Master's Degree at the University of North Dakota.

Ajaleigh Williams has been the chapter co-coordinator for the North Dakota (North Dakota and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Clean Cities coalition since 2002. In that time, she has helped raise awareness of alternative fuels and sustainable transportation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and has created a local stakeholder base of over 250 stakeholders who participate in the coalition-led conferences, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.

In the past, Williams was appointed by a provincial minister to provide expertise in recommending to the provincial government ways to establish fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles sold in the province. She has also been asked to participate as a member on various other boards and committees to provide transportation-related expertise to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, and she is currently a member of the Climate Change Connection, a local non-profit focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In 2004, she participated in the first Provincial Biodiesel Advisory Board, the first of its kind in Manitoba, with a mandate to provide recommendations to the provincial government on the future use of biodiesel throughout the province.

Williams is also the project coordinator with the Winnipeg Fleet Management Agency. Since 2005, she has been responsible for coordinating environmental projects related to the municipal vehicle fleet, including the evaluation of hybrid electric vehicles, biodiesel fuel, idle reduction technologies, and a variety of other sustainable transportation initiatives. Williams has a Master of Science in Natural Resources Management and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences from the University of Manitoba.