Mike Boots
American environmentalist
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Mike Boots is a former government official who served as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality during part of Barack Obama's presidency.[1][2][3][4] He served in the position from February 2014 – March 2015.
Mike Boots | |
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| Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality | |
Acting | |
| In office February 2014 – March 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Nancy Sutley |
| Succeeded by | Christy Goldfuss (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Syracuse University (MPA) |
Boots grew up in Los Angeles[5] and graduated with an M.P.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and received a B.A. in Communications from the University of California Los Angeles.[2]
Before joining the Obama administration's Council on Environmental Quality as a staffer at the beginning of the new administration's time in office he worked at environmental advocacy group SeaWeb.[5]
Boots is the Executive Vice President at Bill Gates funded Breakthrough Energy.[6]
