Jon Leonard

Sr. Vice President

Jon Leonard is Senior Vice President at Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA). He has more than 30 years of experience developing, demonstrating, and testing advanced-technology vehicles and alternative fuels that provide low or zero emissions. Before joining GNA, Mr. Leonard spent 15 years as the director of TIAX’s Transportation and Energy Group, where he managed many programs to reduce mobile source emissions. He also spent nearly 10 years in the Technology Advancement Office of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, serving as AQMD’s lead technical staff for RD&D projects involving battery-electric and fuel cell technologies. Mr. Leonard began his career as manager of American Suzuki Motor Corporation’s US emissions testing laboratory. He holds a Master of Science in environmental studies from California State University, Fullerton, with the focus on mobile source air pollution control.