Clean Air Fund Advisory Committee

Next Meeting:

Nov
12
2026

Clean Air Fund Advisory Committee Meeting

Thu November 12, 2026
5:00 pm

Location:

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, 4567 Telephone Road, 2nd Floor, Ventura, CA 93003

Agenda Packet with Zoom Link

Purpose

The Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board formed the committee in 1991 to advise it on expenditures from the Clean Air Fund, which was established with a $1.5 million donation from 3M Co. The nonprofit Ventura County Community Foundation holds the funds in a trust. One of the accounts is a permanent endowment from which annual grants are limited to the interest earnings, typically 5%. For more information, visit the Clean Air Fund Incentive Program page.

Meetings

Meetings are held as needed when funds are available and projects are proposed.

Bylaws and Project Selection Criteria

Members:

Membership includes five citizens, four people representing business, three from civic and environmental constituencies and one from transportation, The Air Pollution Control Board appoints members to four-year terms.

Kent Bullard, civic and environmental, Chair
Ron Merkord, business, Vice Chair
Amanda Fagan, transportation
Kristen Kessler, civic and environmental
Marv King, business
David Lopp, citizen
Lisa H. Mirisola, citizen
Douglas O’Brien, business
Brian Pletcher, citizen
CJ Polacek, business
Gene Rubin, citizen
David Sell, citizen

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