David Raney

Co-founder & CEO, Raney & Associates

David Raney has built a career centered around innovation, cutting-edge R & D, and dynamic, strategic development in the motor vehicle industry and beyond. He has more than thirty years of experience in strategic product planning and corporate protocol development for compliance with motor vehicle safety, environmental, and fuel economy regulations. He has guided firms in corporate public policy development, facilitation of consensus positions in trade associations and industry consortia, and establishment of credible, sustainable, and integrity-based relationships with U.S. government regulatory
bodies. Mr. Raney’s efforts have facilitated establishment of better and more effective public policy, the development of enhanced product life cycle management programs, implementation and management of corporate waste minimization and corporate environmental management and public reporting processes.

Mr. Raney served as the Senior Manager, NA Environmental and Energy Affairs for the American Honda Motor Company from 1993 until 2010. From 1983 to 1993, Mr. Raney was the Director of Safety and Emissions Regulatory Affairs for Saab – Scania of America/General Motors Corporation. From 1983 through 1983, he worked in engine engineering for Deere & Company.

Mr. Raney holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and an Executive MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Federal Appointee for the US Clean Air Act Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2008. He was a Federal Appointee for the EPA Mobile Source Tech. Review Subcommittee from 2005 to 2010. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering, the Board of Directors for the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council, is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and many others. He is also a frequently sought after speaker at universities such as Johns Hopkins, University of Arizona, UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCSB, Duke University, and others.