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James J. Yienger <br />Technical Program Manager <br />1CLE'1lnternational CCP <br />1CLE1 -US <br />215 Shattuck Sq. <br />Berkeley, Ca 94709 <br />plane (510) 540 -8843 <br />entai1Jyienger @ic1ei org <br />Qualifications <br />Jim Yienger has been assisting local governments in developing emission reduction action plans for three years. He <br />specializes in quantifying criteria air pollution emissions, and has been managing the upgrade of ICL.EI's CCP GHG <br />inventory tool to include analysis of criteria air pollutants In addition he has authored 10 peer - reviewed papers on <br />topics such as trans- boundary air pollution modeling, air pollution and food security, emissions modeling, and <br />climate policy. <br />Education <br />University of to MS Civil Engineering, May 1999 (Iowa City, Iowa) <br />University of Maryland, BS Civil Engineering/Water Resources, May 1993 (College Park, Maryland) <br />Experience <br />INT'L COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES, (Jan 2001 — Present) <br />International Program Manager, Cities for Climate Protection Campaign <br />• Managing ICL,EI's efforts to upgrade the CCP GHG software tool air pollutants (with funding from EPA <br />through STAPPA/ALAPCO). Designing and implementing testing and rollout strategies, and managing <br />contracts with associated parties. <br />• Provides regular technical support to local authorities for measures design and selection, and paining on GHG <br />quantification Developing associated training materials <br />• Developed and implementing ICL.EI's India Cities for Climate Protection project, a USAID - funded project to <br />develop and implement GHG reduction strategies in 5 Indian municipalities. Facilitated the multi - stakeholder <br />CCP action planning to reduce GHG emissions in all cities <br />UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, Iowa (Aug 1996 — Dec 2000) <br />Research Assistant, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research <br />• Developed a theory to explain the seasonal nature of tropospheric ozone chemistry in the NH midlatitudes. <br />Invited to present this work at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) during planning of the <br />Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox (TOPSE) experiment. <br />• Conceived, performed, and published cutting -edge research on the episodic nature of trans - Pacific transport of <br />East Asian air pollution to North America, Work presented at the millennium 2000 NATO /CCMS conference, <br />and at the First International Conference on Trans - Pacific Transport of Atmospheric Contaminants in July, <br />2000. <br />PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Princeton, New Jersey (May 1993 - Aug. 1994) <br />Technical Staff, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA/GFDL) <br />• Examined the role of natural and fertilized soils in global air pollution. Developed a model of global soil - <br />biogenic NO, emissions that will now be used in the new BEIS -3 biogenic emissions module being developed <br />by the US EPA This inventory has set an international standard, having been accepted by the Global Emissions <br />Inventory Activity (GEIA) since 1995. <br />• Collaborated on research published in Science illustrating the threat of rising air pollution to food security in <br />heavily populated areas such as China and India This work spawned a multi - million dollar research program in <br />China to investigate the socio- economic consequences of rising air pollution <br />