Karl Simon

Mr. Simon is the Director of the Legacy Emissions Division in the Office of Transportation and Air Quality.  His decades-long experience at EPA covers all aspects of the Agency’s transportation work, including designing and implementing the current multi-billion dollar clean and zero-emission funding programs for ports and school buses, leading the SmartWay freight emissions reduction program, coordinating multi-party collaborative programs, and providing insights into mobile source emissions and technology trends.  He has also fostered meaningful career development within his organization, seeing many of his staff take on advanced positions at EPA and elsewhere. The transportation theme applies to his free time too as he is an avid cyclist and kayaker.
 
Mr. Simon previously served as Director of the Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division and other roles in EPA’s transportation office as well as an engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame and law degrees from George Mason and George Washington Universities.