James Lents directed the environmental policy related programs at the University of California at Riverside for 8 years. He has over 27 years experience directing air quality programs in Tennessee, Colorado, and the internationally recognized program in Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. and MS degree in Physics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He has conducted educational programs for policymakers worldwide on innovative environmental solutions. His recent research includes market-based approaches to improve air quality, mobile source impacts, and distributed generation. He is an acknowledged world leader in environmental policy.
		Mike has over 30 years of experience in the Refining, Petrochemical, Environmental and Power Generation businesses holding a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, and an Executive Management Program Certificate from UCLA. Mike has served as the Executive Director for the Watson Cogeneration Company, Plant Manager for the ARCO, Los Angeles Coke and Calciner Company, Manager of Process Operations for the ARCO refinery in Los Angeles, and Public Issues, Crude Oil Supply, and Strategic Planning Manager for the ARCO corporation. Mike has worked with ISSRC on projects in Kazakhstan and Brazil, and served as the project manager for an extensive environmental audit in South Africa of two world class coal to liquids plants. He has consulted on the rebuilding process for a refinery in Louisiana and has served as a refining process environmental and safety trainer for Project Management, Incorporated.
		Nicole Davis is the vice president and a senior research engineer for ISSRC. Her research includes the development and application of vehicle emission models and assistance in developing emissions inventories both locally and internationally. Additionally, she is involved in the management of dispersion and air quality modeling projects, and understanding the air quality impacts of energy generation in California. Prior to this position, she was a senior research engineer in the Environmental Policy Studies at University of California, College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research Technology (CE-CERT). Nicole holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from University of California at Riverside where her academic focus was in air quality control technologies and emissions modeling.
		Mauricio Osses serves as a senior researcher carrying out transportation studies and urban sustainability research at ISSRC. In addition to his work at ISSRC, Mauricio Osses serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Chile. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering (University of Chile) and a PhD degree on emissions from internal combustion engines (University of Leeds, U.K.). The current research and professional activities of Dr. Osses are focused on emission inventories from mobile sources, experimental measurements of vehicle emissions for the development of emission factors, pollutant reduction technologies, urban traffic activity and driving dynamics, impact of fuel composition on vehicle emissions, alternate fuels, modeling of vehicle emissions under urban conditions and their connection with air dispersion models. Dr. Osses has served on several transportation-emissions related programs for the Chilean Government, World Bank and World Resources Institute. Current international activities include involvement in the International Vehicle Emission Model (IVE); principal investigator for one of the Advanced Institute programs on Urbanization, Emissions and the Global Carbon Cycle funded by START; and research activities in South America through the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research.
		Sebastian Tolvett works for ISSRC as a mobile source emissions researcher. He has extensive experience in the areas of mobile source testing, data analysis, and modeling. He has participated in the emissions testing of over 400 vehicles in 7 different cities around the world (Beijing, Bogota, Istanbul, Mexico City, Santiago, Sao Paulo, and Xi'an). Sebastian is an expert in emissions modeling and has a comprehensive knowledge of the IVE Model, COPERT IV, and Mobile 6. Sebastian holds a Mechanical Engineer title from the University of Chile where he is also a Master in Mechanical Engineering candidate. During his 5 years of experience in this field, Sebastian has not only worked on several mobile source projects, but he also has taught mobile source emissions courses at the University of Chile.
		Rachel Maurer is a graduate of Pepperdine University where she majored in Communications. She has spent the past 2 years working for ISSRC as the logistics supervisor and she also acts as the personal assistant to President, Jim Lents.
		Nick Nikkila has over 26 years of experience resolving air quality issues at the local, state, national, and international levels. Nick served as the director of the air quality programs in Missouri and Oregon, and was a Deputy Director of the Southern California program. During his tenure as a state air director, Nick served as the president of the national association of state air directors (STAPPA) and, in that capacity, was an active participant in the discussions leading up to the 1990 reauthorization of the Clean Air Act. Nick directed air quality programs for the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, designing solutions to address Canada-United States-Mexico environmental issues. His recent research includes emissions inventory development, environmental impact studies, and regulatory processes.
		Chery Cooper is the Chief Financial Officer for ISSRC. She has over 25 years experience in the environmental field. She is a graduate of Mt. San Antonio College and has completed coursework in Accounting and Computer Information Systems at California State Polytechnic University/Pomona.
		Marc Lents is an expert programmer with experience in programming languages Ada, Assembler, Basic, C++, Fortran, Java, Pascal and Prolog, as well as with database programs dBase and Access. Marc developed and programmed multiple database systems to manage Los Angeles industrial waste data and has completed firmware programming for digital radio communications, a vehicle emission model for developing countries, and Website development for the University of California/Riverside and GSSR. Firms for which Marc has done work include University of California at Riverside, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, and Nieto & Sons Environmental Management. Marc holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. In addition, Marc writes for and directs From the Heart, a performing arts group that presents theatrical productions on a wide range of social awareness and personal growth issues.
		Dan Shewmaker, Shewmaker Motion Graphics, is an award-winning graphic artist/videographer and animator. Dan majored in communications at Pepperdine University and graphic design at California State Polytechnic University/Pomona and Art Center College of Design/Pasadena. Dan is the theatrical set designer for From the Heart performing group.