Mark Reynolds
Mark Reynolds is the Executive Director of the Citizens Climate Lobby, a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change. The Citizens Climate Lobby employs a respectful non-partisan approach to climate education and is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations. Under Mark's leadership, the Citizen Climate Lobby has grown from a small organizations with three employees and a handful of volunteers to the largest grassroots climate lobbying organizations in the country with 456 chapters nationwide.
During his years as a private sector trainer and consultant, Citizens’ Climate Education Executive Director Mark Reynolds worked to maximize personal and organizational effectiveness in a variety of fields. Today, he uses those skills to empower ordinary citizens to educate influential stakeholders about the benefits of national climate solutions. As a globally-recognized expert on helping disparate interests find common ground on energy, public policy, and the environment, Mark has appeared before the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, AREday, and Power Shift. He oversees a training curriculum that reaches tens of thousands of supporters every year, has been a frequent guest on TV and radio shows, and has written op-eds on climate solutions for 85 print journals, including the Houston Chronicle, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Des Moines Register, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Salt Lake Tribune.