Mary Nichols (Chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board(CARB))
Mary Nichols is the Chair of the California Air Resources Board(CARB), where she occupies the attorney seat. She has served on the Board under Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (1975–82 and 2010–18), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (2007–2010) and Governor Gavin Newsom (2019–present). She also served as California’s Secretary for Natural Resources (1999–2003), appointed by Gov. Gray Davis. When not working for the State of California, Mary was a senior staff attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Assistant Administrator for US EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, during the administration of President William Jefferson Clinton, and headed the Institute of Environment and Sustainability at UCLA.
Topic: Clean Air Actions in California-Synergistic Control of Exhaust Pollutants and CO2 emissions from Motor Vehicles (Video connection)
