Johnston named PCA Government Affairs Vice President

PCA named A Todd Johnston as vice president for government affairs, effective 19 January 2015. Based in the association's Washington office, he will represent PCA and its members with the federal government.

Johnston comes to PCA with a strong record of experience and accomplishments in state government, industry, and in Congress, the association highlights. Most recently, he served as staff director for the Subcommittees on Environment and Energy under the US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. In that capacity, Johnston lead a talented team whose primary focus was on the technical, scientific and legal underpinnings of the Environmental Protection Agency’s major regulatory initiatives, including: proposed greenhouse gas standards for power plants; proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone; and proposed changes to the scope of regulation falling under the Clean Water Act. 

From 2007 to 2013, Johnston worked on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), first as a senior advisor and staff director of its Clean Air, Climate Change and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee under Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH). After Senator Voinovich retired in 2010, Johnston became the full committee’s senior policy advisor under Senator James Inhofe (R-OK). Prior to joining EPW’s staff, Johnston was director of air quality for the National Mining Association and the environment manager for Kyanite Mining Corporation in Dillwyn, Virginia.