Mike Boots is a former government official who served as

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during part of

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's presidency. He served in the position from February 2014 – March 2015. Boots grew up in

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and graduated with an M.P.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and received a B.A. in Communications from the

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. Before joining the Obama administration's Council on Environmental Quality as a staffer at the beginning of the new administration's time in office he worked at environmental advocacy group

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funded

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boots, Mike Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles alumni American environmentalists Activists from California Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni Obama administration personnel