DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) re-elected its Chair, Gregory Winterbottom, who represents the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) on the MSRC. Winterbottom was unanimously elected on Thursday afternoon, May 17th by the MSRC, an organization that provides Clean Transportation Funding for projects aimed at reducing harmful emissions from mobile sources. The MSRC also unanimously re- elected Cathedral City Council Member Greg Pettis to continue serving as its Vice-Chair. Council Member Pettis serves as the Riverside County Transportation Commission's (RCTC) representative on the Committee. Both will serve one-year terms.
Winterbottom is in his fourteenth year on the MSRC, making him one of the longest-serving members and during his tenure, the MSRC has distributed more than $120 million dollars to innovative clean transportation funding projects. Prior to serving as the Chair, Winterbottom served as Vice-Chair for two years. Winterbottom has more than 25 years of experience in the transportation arena. He is one of two Public Members on the OCTA Board of Directors and is also the Vice-Chairman of the OCTA Transit Committee. He joined the OCTA Board in 1993, and served as Chairman of the Board in 2004. Winterbottom previously served as the Executive Director to the Orange County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency, and now works as an independent consultant on accessibility issues for people with disabilities.
"I am honored to continue my service to cleaning Southern California's air by funding innovative programs and technologies that have cut harmful emissions by more than 8,000 tons," Winterbottom commented. "I look forward to continuing to work with my fellow Committee members to fund projects that will provide cleaner air, create jobs and help our region become more energy-efficient."
Vice-Chair Greg Pettis has been on the MSRC since 2009, and serves as the First Vice-Chair of RCTC. He is also on the Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments and the Transportation Committee of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments. A resident of the Coachella Valley since the 1970s, Pettis has witnessed first-hand the decline in air quality in the region and his work with these agencies, including the MSRC, has enabled him to work on a variety of transportation and air quality issues throughout Southern California.