Michael Shellenberger, President
Michael works on and writes about everything from energy to technology innovation to changing social values. As president of the Breakthrough Institute, he is a leading national advocate for the U.S. to make a 10-year, $500 billion public-private investment into cutting-edge clean energy technologies to achieve energy independence, restore America's economic competitiveness, and slow global warming. He is co-author of Break Through and "The Death of Environmentalism." Michael has written for The New York Times, the New Republic, the American Prospect, Salon, Harvard Law and Policy Review, and Glamour Magazine. Michael has worked as a strategist for efforts to win action on global warming, save the world's last redwoods, and improve working conditions for Nike factory workers in China. He was raised in Greeley, Colorado, received his B.A. from Earlham in Indiana, and received a Masters Degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California.

Ted Nordhaus, Chairman
Ted is an author, researcher, and political strategist. He is co-author of Break Through and "The Death of Environmentalism." Over the last twenty years, Ted has run major campaigns and initiatives for a large assortment of environmental and progressive political causes including the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, and Clean Water Action. He also served as the Campaign Director for Share the Water, a coalition of environmentalists, fishermen, farmers, and urban water agencies advocating reform of federal water policies in California, Executive Director of the Headwaters Sanctuary Project, and as a partner and political strategist with Next Generation and Evans/McDonough strategy and research firms serving political campaigns and environmental organizations. Ted holds a B.A. in history from the University of California.

Jeff Navin, Washington Director
Jeff is a strategist and researcher who most recently Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth. Prior to his service in the House, he served as Research Director to Democratic Leader Tom Daschle. Jeff has worked on a variety of state and federal campaigns in roles ranging from fundraising to field. In 2006, he served as an advisor to the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families' successful effort to overturn that state's restrictive ban on almost all abortions. He has worked for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Tim Johnson's successful reelection bid in 2002, and is the Board Chair of the Center for Progressive Leadership. Jeff is a past recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for Public Service, and a graduate of the University of South Dakota and the Georgetown University Law Center. He lives and works in Washington, D.C.

Lindsay Meisel, Staff Writer / Editor
Lindsay has written for the Daily Californian and Tikkun magazine. She was founding editor of Counterpoint, an opinion journal committed to fostering balanced political debate among students. A recipient of a Forest Foundation grant, Lindsay designed and implemented a program to introduce more local foods to UC Berkeley's dining services. Inspired by this success, she went on to work a season on an organic farm in Bolinas. She speaks conversational Spanish and spent time in Costa Rica conducting an anthropological research project. She received a B.A. in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied the rhetoric of political theory and the "green" movement.