Clint Woods, a former conservative activist, has left his post on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee's Environment Subcommittee in favor of a position at the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies.
Woods, a Republican professional staff member on House Science since 2011, joins AAPCA as executive director. He served as a professional staff member under the Environment Subcommittee's chairman, Chris Stewart (R-Utah).
From June 2010 to June 2011, Woods served as director of the energy, environment and agriculture task force at American Legislative Exchange Council, a group that has attracted attention for its funding from the conservative billionaire Koch brothers.
Founded in early 2013 with 17 member states, AAPCA was launched as an alternative organization to the National Association of Clean Air Agencies due to NACAA's friendly stance toward the EPA and its regulations. The Association's stated goal is to implement polices which put its member states in compliance with the Clean Air Act.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won 11 of the 17 member states in the 2012 election and the membership also includes swing states Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Woods holds a bachelor's in history from Mary Washington College and earned a master's in international commerce and policy from George Mason University.
