Michael Allegretti

Head of Government Relations, North America

Michael is responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategies to engage city, state and federal leaders in The °Climate Group’s work. He has 10 years experience working on political and public policy issues for business, government and non-profit organisations.

Prior to joining The °Climate Group, Michael worked as Director of Climate Initiatives for the Partnership for New York City. He organised the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit, an unprecedented gathering of mayors and business leaders from the world’s largest cities and corporations coming together to address global climate change.

Previously Michael worked on a variety of national, state and local political campaigns, including those of NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York State Senator Martin J. Golden and the 2004 Republican National Convention. Michael has also served as Public Policy Analyst for UBS and has provided consulting services to the World Economic Forum, the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding and the Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy.

Michael holds an MA from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, a BA from Boston College, and a Diplôme Internationale from Sciences-Po in Paris, France.