On Thursday, April 6th, VCC honored numerous stakeholders for their outstanding work in clean transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The awards ceremony was a part of the the annual “Rally in Richmond” event held at the Richmond Main Street Station. These individuals’ dedication to clean transportation and emissions reduction in Virginia was recognized through the awards below.
A full selection of photos from the event can be view at VCC’s Flickr account. All photos were courtesy of Robert Monroe with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Rural Champion
Keith Harless, Town Manager, Pennington Gap
Rural Infrastructure Champions
Delegate Rip Sullivan
Delegate Terry Kilgore
Clean Transit Champion
U.S. Representative Jennifer McClellan
Clean Air Public Service Award
Angela Conroy, Air Quality Planner, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Rock the Boat Award
Erick Pinzon, CEO, Electrified Marina
University Clean Transportation Leader
Michael Duffy, Transportation Operations and Fleet Manager, University of Virginia
Renewable Propane Innovator
Steve McCoy, VP, Blossman Gas
Renewable Fuel Champion
State Senator Scott Surovell
Innovative Fleet Champion
Charles Cramer, Director of Fleet Services, Lynchburg
Eco City Innovation Awards
Amy Posner, City of Alexandria
Josh Baker, City of Alexandria
Raymond Mui, City of Alexandria
Darryl Syler, City of Alexandria
Bill Eger, formerly of City of Alexandria
EV Infrastructure Champion
Andrew Hillman, Blink Charging
DRIVE Electric Virginia Award
Charles Gerena, Drive Electric RVA
Public Service Award
Chelsea Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia
EV Ambassador Awards
Steve Banashek
Humphrey Liu
Lee Williams
Clean School Bus Champion
Deborah Coles, Director of Transportation, Louisa County Public Schools