Sam Ricketts, a Co-Founder and Co-Director for Evergreen Action. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Previously, Sam spent a decade as Governor Jay Inslee’s right-hand man on national climate policy. Ahead of the 2020 elections he led climate policy, outreach and strategy for Inslee’s influential presidential campaign. In prior roles, Sam was the first executive director of the Congressional Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), and worked in the Washington State Governor’s Office, Democratic Governors Association, Working Families Party, and in several federal and state campaigns.