Executive Director of WCI, Inc. Steps Down

Executive Director of WCI, Inc. Steps Down

Operations, programs to continue without interruption during search for a replacement

Sacramento—The Board of Directors of Western Climate Initiative, Inc. announced today that WCI, Inc. Executive Director Anita M. Burke has stepped down for personal reasons.

Burke was hired in March to establish and coordinate technical and administrative support for the emissions trading programs of WCI, Inc.'s participating jurisdictions, including the allowance auctions, market monitoring and tracking of carbon allowances and offsets.

A search for her replacement is underway.  In the meantime, the development of support and administrative mechanisms for the emissions trading program will continue without interruption.

“Anita launched WCI, Inc.’s operations and initiated work on key systems to support the emissions trading programs,” said WCI, Inc. Chair James N. Goldstene.  “We will continue to develop and refine coordinated support services as we search for her replacement.”

WCI, Inc. was formed in November 2011 as a non-profit corporation to provide coordinated administrative and technical services in support of state and provincial greenhouse gas emissions trading programs.

For more information, visit www.wci-inc.org
Contact: Deborah Hoffman (916) 324-9670 dhoffman@calepa.ca.gov