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Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) Emphasizes Inclusiveness, Fairness, and Collaboration at 2-day Board of Directors Meeting(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Electric Drive Transportation Association issued the following news release: The EDTA Board of Directors met on July 12th and 13th in Washington, DC to discuss the increasing visibility and market potential for the industry, as well as the ongoing governance of the association. To emphasize the growing diversity of EDTA's membership, the Board expanded its leadership to include a Vice-Chair from the components sector. MaryAnn Wright, Vice President of Global Technology & Innovation for Johnson Controls, Inc., was unanimously elected to serve as EDTA Vice-Chair alongside EDTA Chair Ted Craver, Chairman, President & CEO of Edison International, and EDTA Past-Chair Tony Posawatz, Vehicle Line Director of the Chevrolet Volt for the General Motors Company. The members of the board reiterated their commitment to EDTA's mission statement: The EDTA is the preeminent trade association representing battery, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell electric drive technologies and infrastructure. EDTA conducts public policy advocacy, education, industry networking, and international conferences. EDTA's membership includes automotive and other equipment manufacturers, energy companies, technology developers, component suppliers, and government agencies. The board created three permanent committees: the Market Development Committee, the Education & Outreach Committee, and the Executive Committee. The Market Development Committee will identify current and emerging market challenges and opportunities as well as provide directional vision on EDTA's role in addressing those issues; The Education & Outreach Committee will provide strategic guidance for the GoElectricDrive effort as well as EDTA conference activities; Twelve members of the newly installed Executive Committee were elected from the Board. The twelve are made up of equal representation from the vehicles; utilities; components; and a fourth category including infrastructure, services and other market sectors. The Chair, Vice-Chair, and Past- Chair occupy one of three seats from their sector. Treasurer Mike Rowand, representing Duke Energy, was also named on the Executive Committee. The trade association is growing rapidly and currently includes the following members: A123 Systems | Advanced Energy | Advanced Transportation Technology Institute | AeroVironment | Allison Transmission | American Association of Blacks in Energy | American Honda Motor Company | American Public Power Association | AMP Electric Vehicles | Arizona Public Service | Austin Energy | Azure Dynamics Corporation | Baltimore Gas & Electric | Beam Charging | Best Buy | BMW of North America | Capstone Turbine Corporation | CenterPoint Energy | Chadbourne & Parke LLP | Chrysler | CIM Research | City of New York | Clean Vehicle Research Institute | Club Assist | Club Car | Coda Automotive | Compact Power | Coulomb Technologies | CSA Standards | Daimler | Dakkota Integrated Systems | DBT USA | Delphi Electronics & Safety | Dow Chemical | Dow Kokam | DTE Energy | Duke Energy | E-Z-GO/Textron | Eaton Corporation | ECOtality/ETEC | Edison Electric Institute | Electric Mobility Canada | Electric Power Research Institute | Electrovaya | Ener1 | Energy Future Holdings Corporation | Enova Systems | Envia Systems | EVSE, LLC | Florida Power and Light | FMC Corporation | Ford Motor Company | FZ SoNick | General Electric Company | General Motors Company | Global Electric Motorcars | Green Charge Networks | GridPoint | Gridwise Alliance | Hertz | Hydro-Quebec | Hyundai Motor America | IDTechEX | Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers USA | Intertek | Johnson Controls | King County | Light Electric Vehicle Association | Magna E-Car USA | Michelin North America | Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America | National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium | National Electrical Contractors Association | National Golf Car Manufacturers Association | National Grid | New York Power Authority | New York State Energy | Nissan North-America | North Carolina Electric Cooperatives | Northeast Utilities | NRG Energy EV Services | Odyne Systems | Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) | Pacific Gas & Electric | Pepco Holdings | Pew Environment Group | Phoenix International | Portland General Electric | Professionals Engineers in California Government | Progress Energy | Remy | Rockwood Holdings | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | San Diego Gas & Electric | Siemens | Smith Electric Vehicles | Southern California Edison an Edison International Company | Southern Company | Tennessee Valley Authority | Tesla Motors | The AES Corporation | Toyota Motor Company | Troutman Sanders LLP | Underwriters Laboratories | United Illuminating | United Parcel Service | UQM | Via Motors | Volkswagen Group of America | Washington State Department of Transportation | Western Lithium | Zenn Motor Company The full list of EDTA Board Members and Executive Committee members is available here on the EDTA www.ElectricDrive.org website. 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