Andrew Michael currently is responsible for providing leadership and coordination for the Bay Area Council participation as a member of the leadership team of the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development. The Bay Area Council is a business sponsored organization of the major employers of the Bay Area that acts on public policy issues affecting the economy and quality of life. Prior to the Bay Area Council, Andrew directed Partnerships For Change (PFC) and designed and implemented the Community Summits and Resource Exchange Bank programs to realize greater local self-reliance. He coordinated and organized national conferences on the sustainable development of former military bases, featuring a national summit at the Presidio OfficersÕ Club in 1996 with Mikhail Gorbachev and Oscar Arias as keynote speakers. From 1993 - 1996, Michael devised plans and identified resources to convert military bases to sustainable and civil uses for the Center for Economic Conversion. After passing the California state bar and graduating from U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Andrew worked with Senator John Vasconcellos drafting environmental legislation and co-authoring a national proposal to catalyze public-private partnerships to promote community empowerment.

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