Michel Gelobter

degree in Conservation and Resource Studies from the University of California, Berkeley after first attending Deep Springs College.

[6] After graduating, Gelobter worked for the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by John Dingell, and then served in the government of the City of New York under Mayor David Dinkins as Director of Environmental Quality.

[7] He then became founding Director of the Environmental Policy Program at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he was appointed an assistant professor.

[1][9] In 2001 he moved back to California and became executive director of an environmental think tank called Redefining Progress.

[7][9] As part of that organization he advocated for California to adopt strong regulation of greenhouse gases through market mechanisms,[10] which contributed to the passing of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.