Gloria Vaughn
EPA
Business and Cooperative Programs Director
USDA Rural Development
Gloria Vaughn is an Environmental
Scientist in the Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 office in Dallas. She is the Coordinator of the Blue Skyways
Collaborative, a public-private partnership to improve air quality. The Blue Skyways Collaborative comprises over
100 public and private partners in a geographic area including 10 central U.S.
States and adjoining areas of Canada
and Mexico. Partners in the Collaborative pledge actions
to improve air quality through planning or implementation of projects that use
innovations in diesel engines, alternative fuels, and energy
efficiency/renewable energy technologies.