Joel Schwartz
(916) 203-6309
joel[at]joelschwartz.com
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Visiting
Fellow,
1/04 to 1/09
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
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Senior
Scientist and Director of the Air Quality Project, 12/00
to 4/02
Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California
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Executive
Officer, 12/97 to 12/00
California Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee, Sacramento,
California
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Senior
Policy Analyst, 6/95 to 12/97
Legislative Analyst's Office, Sacramento, California
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Special
Consultant, 8/94 to 6/95
California Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee, Sacramento,
California
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Environmental
Consultant, 1/94 to 8/94
RAND Corporation, Division of Social Policy, Santa Monica, California
South
Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, California
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Staff
Scientist, 5/91 to 1/94
Coalition for Clean Air, Los Angeles, California
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Graduate
Student, 9/87 to 4/91
Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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Research
Associate, 6/86 to 5/87
Laboratory for Planetary Studies,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
EDUCATION
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California
Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California
Master
of Science in Planetary Science, June 1990
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Cornell
University,
College
of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, New York
Bachelor
of Arts in Chemistry, June 1986
TESTIMONY
"Ethanol
and Air Pollution," testimony to the Minnesota Senate Environment
Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 2, 2005.
"Reducing
In-Use Vehicle Emissions," invited testimony to the Governing
Board of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco,
California, June 5, 2002.
"Vehicle
Emissions Inspection and Pollution Transport Mitigation in the
San Francisco Bay Area," comments to the California Air Resources
Board, September 26, 2001.
"Vehicle
Scrap Programs in California," comments to the California Air
Resources Board, August 9, 2001.
"Concerns
Regarding EPA's I/M Evaluation Guidance," comments to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, July 15, 1999.
"Analysis
and Recommendations on the MOBILE6 Vehicle Emissions Model," comments
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, July 15, 1999.
"Charter
School Performance," invited testimony to the California Senate
Education Committee, December 18, 1997.
"The
1997-98 K-12 Budget Proposal," testimony to the California Assembly
and Senate budget subcommittees and the Budget Conference Committee,
several appearances, Winter-Spring 1997.
"The
1996-97 K-12 Budget Proposal," testimony to the California Assembly
and Senate budget subcommittees and the Budget Conference Committee,
several appearances, Winter-Spring 1996.
"Vehicle
Inspection and Maintenance: Comments on the U.S. EPA's 50-Percent
Effectiveness Discount for Decentralized I/M Programs," invited
testimony presented before the United States House of Representatives,
Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
March 23, 1995.
"Analysis
and Recommendations on California's Smog Check Program," report
of the blue-ribbon Commission on Vehicle Inspection Programs before
the California Senate Transportation Committee, August 1993.
"Cleaning
the Air with an Improved Smog Check Program," invited testimony
to the California Assembly Transportation Committee, February
16, 1993.
"The
Emissions Inventory and the CO Plan," testimony to the South Coast
Air Quality Management District Governing Board, November 6, 1992.
"SCAQMD's
1991 Air Quality Management Plan," testimony to the California
Air Resources Board, October 16, 1992.
"Comments
on the SCAQMD's RECLAIM Pollution Trading Program," testimony
to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board,
July 10, 1992.
"Comments
on Cal/EPA's Reorganization and Permit Streamlining Plan," comments
to the California Environmental Protection agency, May 27, 1992.
"Marketable
Permits: A Phased Approach," comments to the South Coast Air Quality
Management District and the California Air Resources Board, March
5, 1992.
"Comments
on the Final Draft of LACTC's Congestion Management Program,"
comments to the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission,
October 15, 1991.
PRESENTATIONS
"No
Way Back: Why Air Pollution Will Continue to Decline," invited
presentation at the American Enterprise Institute/Pacific Research
Institute Earth Day Conference, Washington, DC, April 21, 2003.
"Air
Pollution: Trends, Health Effects, and Current Issues," invited
presentation at the Association for Private Enterprise Education
Conference, Las Vegas, April 8, 2003.
"How
to Clean the Air," invited presentation at the Preserving the
American Dream conference, Washington, DC, February 25, 2003.
"Institutional
Problems in Air Pollution Policy," invited presentation at the
Preserving the American Dream conference, Washington, DC, February
25, 2003.
"OBD
and the Future of Smog Check," invited presentation at the California
Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, Summer Issues
Seminar, Lake Tahoe, California, July 31, 2001.
"Electric
Vehicles and Air Quality," invited presentation at the California
Council for Environmental and Economic Balance Summer Issues Seminar,
Lake Tahoe, California, July 31, 2001.
"Making
Vehicle Inspection Programs More Effective, Less Expensive, and
More Convenient," invited presentation to the Commissioners of
Butler County, Ohio, July 23, 2001.
"The
Role of I/M in Improving Air Quality," invited presentation to
the Texas Clean Air Force, Dallas, December 13, 2000.
"Evaluating
and Improving Smog Check," invited presentation to the California
Air Pollution Control Officers Association, Sacramento, September
20, 2000.
"Evaluating
and Improving Smog Check," invited presentation at the California
Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, Summer Issues
Seminar, Lake Tahoe, California, July 20, 2000.
"I/M
Programs: A Look at Where We've Been and Where We're Going," invited
presentation to the National Research Council on its review of
vehicle emissions inspection programs, February 15, 2000.
"Improving
Evaluation of Mobile Source Policies," invited presentation to
the National Research Council on its review of EPA's mobile source
emissions factor model, March 4, 1999.
"Designing
Effective I/M Programs," presented at the 1998 Air and Waste Management
Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, June 16, 1998.
"Class-Size
Reduction: First-Year Results," invited presentation at the California
Education Research Association annual conference, Sacramento,
May 1997.
"Meeting
Environmental Goals through Market-Based Regulation," invited
presentation at the "RECLAIM: Pioneering Market-Based Air Regulation"
conference, Los Angeles, May 12, 1993.
"RECLAIM,"
invited presentation to the Los Angeles Business Council, November
9, 1992.
"Regulations
vs. Market Incentives: Which Work Best?" invited presentation
at the Association for Commuter Transportation, Southern California
Chapter Regional Conference, June 11, 1992.
"Distribution
of Scatterers in Triton's Atmosphere," J. M. Schwartz, J. B. Pollack
and K. Rages, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary
Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Charlottesville,
Virginia, October 1990.
"Physical
and Chemical Processing of Gas and Grains in the Solar Nebula
Accretion Disk," J. M. Schwartz and D. J. Stevenson, 21st Annual
Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American
Astronomical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, October 1989.
"Radiation
Chemistry in Nitrogen-Rich N2/CH4 Atmospheres at Moderate to Low
Pressures: The Atmospheres of Titan, Triton and Pluto," W. R.
Thompson, T. Henry, J. M. Schwartz, B. N. Khare and C. Sagan,
Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, Tucson,
Arizona, March 1987.
"Radiation
Chemistry in H2/He/CH4 Atmospheres: Laboratory Results at Moderate
to Low Pressures and High Hydrogen Dilution," B. N. Khare, W.
R. Thompson, E. T. Arakawa, J. M. Schwartz and C. Sagan, Origin
and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, Tucson,
Arizona, March 1987.
"Laboratory
Simulations of Organic Chemistry in Irradiated Planetary Atmospheres,"
W. R. Thompson, B. N. Khare, T. Henry, L. Flynn and J. M. Schwartz,
Laboratory Measurements for Planetary Science, Meudon, France,
November 1986.
BOARDS AND PANELS
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Participant
in the California Environmental Dialogue's Clean Air Dialogue
(2000-present).
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Member
of the Advisory Board and Expert Reviewer, American Council
on Science and Health (2001-present).
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Expert
Reviewer for the University of California Transportation Center's
research grant program (1999-2001).
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Expert
Reviewer for the National Academy of Sciences evaluation of
vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs and policy
(2001).
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Expert
Reviewer of submitted papers for the Transportation Research
Board's annual meeting (2001).
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Member
of the California Little Hoover Commission's Charter Schools
Advisory Panel (1995-1996).
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Member
of a Legislature-appointed blue-ribbon commission that evaluated
California's vehicle emissions inspection policy options and
made recommendations to the Legislature (1993).
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Member
of the Advisory and Steering Committees for the development
of the Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM), a pollution
trading market for nitrogen and sulfur oxides in the South Coast
Air Quality Management District (1991-1993).
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Member
of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Congestion
Management Advisory Committee (1992-1993).
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Participant
in EPA regulatory negotiation FACA (Federal Advisory Committee
Act) committee on architectural coatings regulation (1992-1993).
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Member
of the Sequoia Group, a forum for business leaders, environmentalists,
and regulators to informally discuss and attempt to reach consensus
on air pollution and transportation issues (1991-1993).
- Peer-Reviewer
for Journal of Geophysical Research (1991).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American
Chemical Society
Air
and Waste Management Association
American
Geophysical Union
American
Meteorological Society
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