Anne Blair – Diesel and Bioenergy Program Manager, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Anne BlairAnne is the program manager for SACE’s clean fuels and bioenergy programs.  Her work focuses on reducing diesel emissions and the promoting the utilization of biomass for electricity and fuel production, with an emphasis on state and federal energy, fuel, and global warming policy and education.  Anne joined the SACE staff in 2003.  Anne is a member of the Southeast Diesel Collaborative Leadership Council, serves on the Steering Committee for the Pine 2 Energy Coalition, facilitates the Tennessee Diesel Working Group and is a graduate of the Environmental Leadership Institute.  Anne is the lead author of “A Safer Ride to School: How to Clean Up School Buses and Protect Our Children’s Health” and “A Case for the Healthy School Bus: Lessons from the Field”.  Anne previously worked for River Network in Washington, DC, The Fund for Public Interest Research Group, and was an AmeriCorps volunteer with the National Park Service.  She is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, VA.