| Mike Boots | |
| Office: | Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality |
| President: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start: | February 2014 |
| Term End: | March 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Nancy Sutley |
| Successor: | Christy Goldfuss |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Los Angeles |
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.
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]