Kathryn Higgins was promoted to Assistant Deputy Executive Officer of Community Air Programs. She has over 35 years of experience working in various programs throughout South Coast AQMD. During her time, she was responsible for leading local government subvention fund programs, employer emission reduction programs, and government affairs outreach. Her leadership skills and ability to work with community leaders and the California Air Resources Board has been instrumental to the success of the agency’s AB617 program. Kathryn has represented South Coast AQMD on several state-wide panels on AB617 and continues to be a leader in helping to further develop and improve implementation of AB617.
Nahal Mogharabi has been promoted to Assistant Deputy Executive Officer in Legislative, Public Affairs and Media. She has nearly 20 years of experience working in radio and public relations and will oversee the agency’s media relations and communications programs. During her time at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), she was responsible for leading hundreds of outreach campaigns of national and regional significance, strategic communications planner, and managing events and press relations on behalf of U.S. EPA Region 9. Over the past several years, Nahal has helped the South Coast AQMD modernize and improve South Coast AQMD’s communication with the public with her insight, creativity, and communication skills.
Dr. Andrea Polidori has been promoted to Assistant Deputy Executive Officer of the Monitoring and Analysis Division. He has over 20 years of experience in scientific research, air pollution measurements, technology and methods development and environmental justice. While at South Coast AQMD, Andrea been the lead for several advanced air monitoring and community programs including the Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center (AQ-SPEC), the Optical Remote Sensing/Rule 1180, and the implementation of Community Air Monitoring Plans under Assembly Bill (AB) 617. He continues to elevate the agency as a world-wide leaderin innovative air monitoring techniques and programs.