Terry Tamminen

Tamminen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but spent most of his youth in Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=2693 |title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom |access-date=2015-03-02 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175054/http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=2693 |url-status=dead }} In the 1960s he helped run a family-run tropical fish breeding business in Australia. He continued to focus on oceans with studies on conch depletion in the Bahamas, manatee populations in Florida coastal waters, and mariculture in the Gulf States with Texas A&M University.

Tamminen is a United States Coast Guard-licensed ship captain. He is also an airplane and helicopter pilot and speaks German, Dutch and Spanish.

In 1993, Tamminen founded the Santa Monica Baykeeper and served as its Executive Director for six years. He co-founded Waterkeeper programs in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. He also served for five years as Executive Director of the Environment Now Foundation {{Cite web |url=http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/68/terry-tamminen-energy-law/ |title= Terry Tamminen: Mastermind behind new energy laws |access-date=2010-08-03 |archive-date=2010-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327011231/http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/68/terry-tamminen-energy-law/ |url-status=dead }} 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 April, 2007, he was named the Cullman Senior Fellow and Director of the Climate Policy Program of The New America Foundation, a non-profit, post-partisan, public policy institute.{{cite web | url=https://grist.org/article/bushs-climate-summit-whats-needed/ | title=Terry Tamminen and Stewart J. Hudson tell Bush how to make his climate meeting a success | date=26 September 2007 }} In February 2007, Tamminen founded the non-profit 7th Generation Advisors, where he currently serves as President.{{Cite web|url=https://7thgenerationadvisors.org/staff/|title=Our Staff – 7th Generation Advisors|website=7thgenerationadvisors.org}} In 2011, Terry helped former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger found the R20 Regions of Climate Action and was appointed as the Strategic Advisor to the Founding Chair.{{cite web | url=https://regions20.org/about-us/#1472454733011-45b55782-3969 | title=About Us - R20|website=regions20.org}} As the Founding Chair’s Strategic Advisor, he advises the R20 on policy and helps with the design and implementation of climate resilient economic development projects.{{Cite web|url=https://regions20.org/boad-of-directors/|title = Board of Directors - R20|website=regions20.org}} In 2016, Terry was named CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, where he oversaw operations, the implementation of a new comprehensive climate change action plan, and numerous global environmental and climate change initiatives.{{cite web | url=https://tenstrands.org/blueprint-environmental-literacy/californias-champions-remarks-terry-tamminen-ceo-leonardo-dicaprio-foundation/ | title=California's Champions: Remarks by Terry Tamminen, CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation | date=19 October 2017 }} In January 2022, Terry was appointed President/CEO of [https://altasea.org/ AltaSea] in the Port of Los Angeles.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211214006221/en/AltaSea-Taps-Former-CalEPA-Secretary-Terry-Tamminen-as-Next-CEO|title=AltaSea Taps Former CalEPA Secretary Terry Tamminen as Next CEO|date=14 December 2021}}

Tamminen co-authored [https://regions20.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ClimateFinance.pdf Climate Finance: A Status Report and Action Plan], released at COP21 in December 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://regions20.org/images/ClimateFinance.pdf |title=Archived copy - Climate Finance: A Status Report and Action Plan |access-date=2016-02-02 |archive-date=2016-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203223216/http://regions20.org/images/ClimateFinance.pdf |url-status=dead }} Tamminen's latest book, Watercolors: How JJ the Whale Saved Us, shares his true story of the rescue of JJ, a one-day-old gray whale that was found abandoned in Marina del Rey, California. Tamminen’s previous book, Cracking the Carbon Code: The Key to Sustainable Profits in the New Economy (Palgrave), shows how to find the low carbon products and services that save money, get ahead of regulations, and preserve resources for generations to come. Tamminen's former book, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Island Press), examines human dependence on oil and a strategy to evolve to more sustainable energy sources. He has also authored a series of best-selling “Ultimate Guides” to pools and spas (McGraw-Hill): The Ultimate Pool Maintenance Manual, The Ultimate Guide to Above-Ground Pools, and The Ultimate Guide to Spas and Hot Tubs.{{cite web | url=https://www.mhprofessional.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-pool-maintenance-third-edition-9780071470179-usa | title=The Ultimate Guide to Pool Maintenance, Third Edition }} In addition, he has written several theatrical works on the life of William Shakespeare and "The Lost Letters of William Shakespeare: The Undiscovered Diary of his Strange Eventful Life and Lives" (Shakespeare House Press 2018) [http://shakespeareletters.com The Lost Letters of William Shakespeare]

Tamminen blogged regularly for CNBC, Fast Company, HuffPost and Mother Nature Network.

In November 2003, Terry Tamminen was appointed Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency. In April, 2004, the California Hydrogen Highway Network was initiated by Governor Schwarzenegger's Executive Order S-07-04.{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrogenhighway.ca.gov/about/about.htm |title=Subject Top Page: About Governor's Hydrogen Highway |access-date=2010-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625162715/http://www.hydrogenhighway.ca.gov/about/about.htm |archive-date=2010-06-25 }}

In November 2004, Tamminen was appointed Cabinet Secretary. Tamminen left the administration in August 2006.{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-22-me-terry22-story.html| title = Archives - Los Angeles Times| website = Los Angeles Times| date = 22 August 2006}} In September 2006, California signed into law the Global Warming Solutions Act or Assembly Bill (AB) 32.{{Cite web |url=http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=4111 |title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom: Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Landmark Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions|access-date=2015-03-02 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130951/http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=4111 |url-status=dead }}

In September 2007, Tamminen was appointed as an Operating Advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors.{{cite web| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pegasus-capital-advisors-adds-two-prominent-leaders-on-the-environment-and-energy-issues-57756547.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100203160704/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pegasus-capital-advisors-adds-two-prominent-leaders-on-the-environment-and-energy-issues-57756547.html| archive-date = 2010-02-03| title = Pegasus Capital Advisors Adds Two Prominent Leaders on the Environment and... -- re> NEW YORK, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ --}} He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Angeleno Group, a private equity and venture capital firm focused on sustainable energy investments.{{Cite web |title=Terry Tamminen |url=https://www.angelenogroup.com/team/terry-tamminen/ |website=Angeleno Group |access-date=2025-05-05}}

• 2007:
• Vanity Fair’s May 2007 Environmental Hero{{cite web | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2008/05/heroes_slideshow200805?redirectURL=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2008/05/heroes_slideshow200805 | title=Photos: Portraits of Ecological Heroes | website=Vanity Fair | date=2 April 2008 }}
• Featured in the “51 Things We Can Do” section in TIME Magazine’s Earthday edition{{Cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1602354_1603074_1603175,00.html|title=Copy California - The Global Warming Survival Guide - TIME|date=August 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819174046/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1602354_1603074_1603175,00.html |archive-date=2008-08-19 }}
• 2008: Ranked No. 1 in “Top 50 People Who Can Save the Planet by The Guardian{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jan/05/activists.ethicalliving|title=50 people who could save the planet|website=TheGuardian.com|date=5 January 2008}}
• 2009: Named an “Eco Baron” in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes book, Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet{{Cite web |title=Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet — Etude |url=http://etude.uoregon.edu/spring2009/books/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810120705/http://etude.uoregon.edu/spring2009/books |archive-date=2010-08-10 |access-date=2010-08-03}}
• 2011: One of six finalists for the 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize{{Cite web |title=Environment News Service: Vestas Wind Energy Wins $1.5 Million Zayed Prize, Gives It Away |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2011/2011-01-18-02.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122082250/http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2011/2011-01-18-02.html |archive-date=2011-01-22 |access-date=2011-02-01}}
• 2019: Keynote Speaker at Verdical Group's annual Net Zero Conference{{Cite web |last=hello@verdicalgroup.com |date=2023-09-29 |title=Honoring Past Keynote Speakers and Trailblazer Award Winners |url=https://netzeroconference.com/honoring-past-keynote-speakers-and-trailblazer-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Net Zero Conference |language=en-US}}

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• {{Official website|https://7thgenerationadvisors.org/terry-tamminen}}
• [https://twitter.com/terrytamminen Terry Tamminen] on Twitter

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