Mike Boots

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
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
Political 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]