Jeff Mikulina is a climate and social impact strategist who has led sustainability organizations for over 25 years in Hawai‘i. He currently serves as the executive director of Climate Hawai‘i, an initiative of the Hawai‘i Executive Collaboration. Jeff also hosts “Empowered Hawai‘i,” a monthly KHON2 show on Hawaii’s sustainability journey, and works with the Blue Planet Alliance on their 100% Renewable Islands Fellowship program, and writes on climate issues for a variety of outlets, including Esquire magazine. He previously served as the executive director of the Blue Planet Foundation for 13 years. In that role he led the effort to establish Hawai‘i’s 100% renewable energy mandate—the first such law in the nation.

Jeff received a Master’s of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a focus on sustainable product design and decision theory.