BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (BSR): A nonprofit network of 300+ member companies advancing sustainability through consulting, insight, and collaborative initiatives. BSR is a main place where Fortune 1000 companies have sought direction on sustainability since the nineties. I joined BSR in 2007 to lead a portfolio of research on business climate innovation that grew into BSR’s first organized global climate program. I led that effort until 2015. BSR is one of a handful of organizations that have meaningfully shaped an agenda to make comprehensive climate action mainstream in publicly-traded companies.
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD (CARB): Climate and air quality regulator for California and standards-setter for motor vehicles in the 12 next-most forward-leaning states.1 CARB has done arguably more than any other entity to set into motion the multimodal electrification revolution under way that is moving towards electrification of essentially all land-based motor vehicles in the US. CARB oversees the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program (CMO), the first large-scale equity-centered, community-based transportation mobility options program funded through electric vehicle incentive investments, now rolling out in over 40 communities. I have played key roles helping to advance CARB initiatives at CALSTART and continue to do so through More Mobility.
CALSTART: A consortium of 300+ companies, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations working to accelerate the commercialization of clean transportation technologies through public policy, demonstrations and pilots, and incentive programs. CALSTART is one of the most senior authorities on the “electrification of everything” for transportation. I served as Policy Director from 2015-2019 when CALSTART helped to advance key standards, strategies, and investments at CARB and other public agencies. In 2019, I launched and led CALSTART’s Innovative Mobility program which, with CARB, started and deployed the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program and the national Innovative Mobility Working Group.
CARBON LOCK-IN: The inertia of physical capital, institutions, and social norms that are challenging to break away from, and which tend to make the default day-to-day choices of decision-makers inadvertently worsen the climate problem. Meaningful climate action calls for public leaders to undertake deliberate strategies to overcome existing carbon lock-in and avoid furthering it. The theory of carbon lock-in, now well-established and a key concept in mitigation strategies reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2023, was established by Dr. Greg Unruh in 2000. I studied under Dr. Unruh from 2006-07.
MORE MOBILITY: A small consulting firm helping to create better transportation options that increase climate resilience. I started More Mobility in 2021 to help mission-driven advocates and public agencies develop winning policy and program strategies. The idea of “more mobility” options — starting with safe and convenient ways to bike, walk and roll, high-performing public transit, and letting people live near where they need to go — is fundamental to meaningful climate action according to IPCC .
Transportation Advisory Board (TAB): Five-person board constituted by municipal code to advise the City Council and administration of Boulder, Colorado on transportation issues. I was appointed to TAB in 2021. During my tenure I have helped to establish the new protected bikeway system system, the Core Arterial Network (CAN), and e-bike voucher incentives program which provides residents $300 to $1400 towards a new purchase locally.
1. The Clean Air Act enshrines CARB as the only body other than the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that may set vehicle standards in the United States. States may elect to follow EPA or CARB. Those following CARB are known as “Section 177 States”.
