Christian Ettinger is a left-of-center political strategist that specializes in campaigns focused on civic engagement, environmentalism, and pro-abortion advocacy. He is a political and philanthropic strategist at Climate Voters, a left-of-center environmentalist organization. ^[1]

Background

Christian Ettinger is a political and philanthropic strategist for Climate Voters, a left-of-center environmentalist organization which encourages voters to elect candidates who support environmentalist policy. ^[2]

Ettinger claims to have collaborated with more than 100 nonprofit organizations on issues including civic engagement, environmentalism, and abortion. ^[3] He has focused on climate politics, broadband policy, and water conservation in California. ^[4]

Advocacy

Ettinger has worked with left-of-center climate activists in Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Vermont to push carbon-pricing initiatives, which aim to charge a consumption tax for the use of most conventional energy sources. ^[5]

In 2015, Ettinger began working as a strategist for the San Francisco-based Climate Voters, pushing digital media campaigns. ^[6]

He has also been a consultant with the left-of-center Educational Foundation of America since 2002, promoting campaigns on environmentalism, abortion, voting, and security policy. ^[7] Ettinger has also been the chairman of the Sustainable Population Committee with the Educational Foundation of America. ^[8]

Ettinger was also an analyst to the California Public Utilities Commission from 2013 through 2017. ^[9] He was also a board member at the New York-based environmentalist organization Inform from 2005 to 2015. ^[10]

Ettinger previously worked on campaigns and other services for the Citizens Climate Lobby, 350.org, and the Threshold Foundation. ^{[11] [12]}

Media Career

Ettinger began his career in media, working as a reporter, editor, and publisher. Ettinger initially worked for the Ross Valley Reporter, a local news organization. ^[13] From 1996 to 1999, he was editor and publisher of Cups Magazine. ^[14] In 2000, Ettinger became editor of ThePosition.com, a position which he held until 2001. ^[15]

Ettinger also worked in documentary film, helping to produce two Academy Award-nominated documentaries: Murderball and The Weather Underground. ^[16]