Clean Cities Program Director – Dr. Jagannadh Satyavolu
Dr. Jagannadh Satyavolu is an Endowed Chair for Renewable Energy Research and Theme Leader – biomass conversion and biofuels at Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research at University of Louisville. He serves as Executive Director (interim) of the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition (KCFC). With more than 30 years of experience in business leadership, operations management, technology development, industrial research, and academia. He leads KCFC’s clean transportation initiatives and stakeholder engagement efforts. Dr. Satyavolu oversees the Kentucky Clean Cities Coalition Network – Outreach, Education, and Performance Tracking Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office.
Contact: Jagannadh.Satyavolu@Louisville.edu.
Associate Director for KCFC – Dr. Veera Boddu
Dr. Veera M. Boddu is Associate Director of KCFC and a former Senior Scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has also served with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC – USACE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He brings about 25 years experience managing research projects, people, resources. He is excited to be associated with KCFC, it aligns well with is experience at USEPA and other Federal Agencies. His expertise includes environmental engineering, advanced materials, and sustainable energy technologies. Dr. Boddu has authored or co-authored approximately 90 peer-reviewed publications, four books, five patents, and more than 120 technical presentations. He is a Professional Engineer (PE), Board-Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), and a Fellow of both AIChE and IIChE.
Contact: boddu2001@gmail.com.
Strategic Advisor – Sam Spofforth
Sam Spofforth is working as a strategic advisor with KCFC and helps fleets switch to alternative fuels, write grants, and track emissions. Sam has spent most of his career as a nonprofit leader in the environmental and clean transportation space. At Clean Water Action, he directed field and phone canvass programs, then developed grassroots environmental organizations. Over twenty years, he built Clean Fuels Ohio into the largest organization in the Clean Cities and Communities (CC&C) network. Then, he transitioned to a role at the U.S Department of Energy to strengthen and grow this network, adding ten new organizations over four years. In 2026, Sam founded GoForth Partners, which provides strategic services to energy and environmental nonprofits.
Contact: Sam@GoForth.Partners
Project Manager – Dr. Shalini Arora
Dr. Shalini Arora, Project Manager at the Conn Center, University of Louisville, is working with KCFC to revitalize core initiatives like Green Fleets of the Bluegrass and accelerate regional sustainability across the Commonwealth. She has a PhD in Chemical Engineering, with a specific focus in heterogeneous catalysis and desulfurization from IIT Kanpur, India. Her experience is focused in Clean Energy Technologies e.g., Carbon capture and its conversion to liquid fuels, Hydrodesulfurization, Methane Reforming and Green Hydrogen generation. She has expertise in catalyst preparation, material characterization, performing high temperature/pressure reactions and data analysis. She has an Indian patent granted for her PhD research work and also published many articles in prestigious international journals like ACS Energy & Fuels, Journal of Catalysis, RSC Advances, ChemCatChem.
Contact: Shalini.arora@louisville.edu
Sustainability and Outreach Coordinator – Grant Krummen
Grant Krummen was working with KCFC as a intern coordinator hired through Argonne National Laboratory, now promoted to full-time Sustainability and Outreach Coordinator. At KCFC, Grant supports stakeholder outreach, communications, membership development, and sustainability initiatives. He is a recent graduate from Indiana University with a B.S in Sustainability and Regeneration and minors in political science and geoscience. During his time in school, he competed research papers regarding the addition of solar energy on campus and the benefits of adding a public walking trail across campus. He is passionate in pursuing a career in urban planning and landscape architecture, as he believes the designs of our cities and communities play a critical role in the formation of how we interact with the environment and most importantly ourselves as a community.
Contact: Krummen.a.grant@gmail.com