Jeffrey Mikulina – Executive Director, Blue Planet Foundation

Prior to working with the Foundation, Jeffrey served for ten years as the director of Hawaii’s largest environmental advocacy organization, the Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter. His accomplishments in environmental advocacy include passing legislation that sets a binding cap on Hawaii’s greenhouse gas emissions, requires that all new homes use solar water heaters, requires returnable deposits on all beverage containers, provides incentives for renewable energy use, and increases the funding of natural resources through tourism taxes.

He also served as Vice Chair of both the Honolulu Planning Commission and the Honolulu Charter Commission where he authored successful Charter amendments that require islandwide curbside recycling and creating a bike- and pedestrian-friendly Honolulu.
In addition to his role with Blue Planet, Jeffrey is currently a district manager for Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Project. He has been awarded an EPA Environmental Hero Award and in 2005 the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ranked him among “10 Who Made a Difference.” Jeffrey has been quoted as a source thousands of times in Hawai‘i, national, and international news outlets. Jeffrey earned a Master’s of Science degree in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying decision theory.

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