Rich Halvey, Program Director, Western Governors' Association

Rich Halvey is a Program Director at the Western Governors' Association, working primarily on clean energy issues, U.S.-Mexico environmental projects, and the Western Regional Air Partnership. He managed the recently completed Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative report to create incentives for new and traditional forms of clean energy in the West and is currently working with various stakeholder groups to ensure the implementation of the recommendations in the report. He was also part of the management team that developed the first national air emissions inventory for the country of Mexico. The WGA, which is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, represents the governors of 19 Western states and three U.S.-flag, Pacific islands. Mr. Halvey came to the Association in 1996 with a broad background in air quality management and public finance. Prior to coming to WGA, he worked for nearly 20 years at the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. Mr. Halvey has published numerous papers and articles on various environmental, policy, and economic topics. Mr. Halvey did his undergraduate work in Economics and Geography at the University of Buffalo and his Masters work in Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Colorado.