CleanTech | Advisory Council

Terry was appointed Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003 and Cabinet Secretary, and Chief Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger, in December 2004.  He currently lectures and provides private consulting services to a variety of clients, including advising the Governor on energy and environmental policy as Special Advisor.  In 1993, Terry founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper and served as its Executive Director for six years.  He also served for five years as Executive Director of the Environment Now Foundation in Santa Monica, CA and co-founded the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law, University of California Los Angeles.  In addition to running a number of private businesses, he assisted the west African nation of Nigeria with the creation of its first solid waste recycling program.  Terry’s latest book, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction, examines U.S. dependence on oil and provides a strategy to evolve to more sustainable energy sources.  He has served on numerous civic and charitable boards and commissions, including the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, the U.S. Navy Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station Restoration Advisory Board, the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee and the Wishtoyo Foundation.  He is a graduate of California State University, Northridge.