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
Boots at the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) awards ceremony
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
In office
February 2014 – March 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byNancy Sutley
Succeeded byChristy Goldfuss
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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]

References

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  1. ^ Cama, Timothy (11 March 2015). "Obama names new head of White House environmental council". Thehill.com.
  2. ^ a b "Mike Boots". Obamawhitehouse.archive3s.gov. 2014-08-14.
  3. ^ Eilperin, Juliet (January 13, 2015). "Mike Boots, one of Obama’s top environmental advisers, to leave in March". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2018. States that Boots "served as the Council on Environmental Quality's acting head since February 2014"
  4. ^ "White House expands protections for California's 'Blue Serengeti' - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  5. ^ a b "White House: Boots on the ground at CEQ". Eenews.net.
  6. ^ "Mike Boots". www.breakthroughenergy.org. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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