Virginia Clean Cities advances air quality improvement, economic opportunity, and energy security through deployment of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure, education programs, and other petroleum reduction activities.
Tarah Kesterson
Tarah Taylor Kesterson joined Virginia Clean Cities in February 2025 as the Clean Communities and Economic Development Director for Southwest Virginia. Tarah will be assisting in clean fuel needs west of Roanoke and is based in Bristol.
Before joining Virginia Clean Cities, Tarah served as the public relations manager for the Virginia Department of Energy. She spent a decade in local television news at the NBC affiliate in Bristol, WCYB, before beginning her career serving the Commonwealth.
A native of Raven, Virginia, Tarah is a graduate of Emory & Henry College (now University) and has a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications.