Speakers
Phil Angelides
Chairman
Apollo Alliance
Biography:
Phil Angelides has made his mark in California and the nation as an effective public leader and as a successful businessman. He currently serves as the National Chairman of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of business, labor, environmental and community leaders committed to accelerating our nation’s transition to a clean energy future.
Mr. Angelides served from 1999-2007 as California State Treasurer and was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2006.
During his eight years in elected office, Mr. Angelides transformed the State Treasurer’s Office into a force for progress. Treasurer Angelides launched ground-breaking initiatives -- Smart Investments and The Double Bottom Line – that directed $26 billion to promote smart growth and to create jobs, housing and opportunities in inner cities, catalyzing a wave of re-investment by public pension funds and private investors in urban centers across the country. Through his Green Wave initiative, he put the weight of the state’s pension funds behind investment in environmental technology and the fight against global warming – seeding the “green-tech” investment revolution.