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.

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