Can California reshape the West’s energy markets? This man is trying.

NEW START: CALSTART President and CEO John Boesel will retire by the end of the year after more than two decades leading the influential clean transportation group. Boesel joined the Pasadena-based nonprofit in 1993 and took over leadership in 2001 when CALSTART had 15 staff members. The organization now has over 200 staff nationwide and manages vehicle incentive programs in multiple states, like California’s Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project. — AN