Dean Florez
President, CEO @ Balance Inc | Strategic Communications, Partnerships
- Role
- Board Director at California Air Resources Board
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dean Florez
Dean Florez is the President and CEO of Balance Inc, a strategic consulting firm that supports clients in the intersection of innovation and regulation. He has over nine years of experience in leading and growing the company, leveraging his extensive network and knowledge of government relations, policy, and strategy.Dean is also a member of the California Air Resources Board, the state\'s climate change agency, where he applies his passion and expertise in environmental and social impact. He is a former California Senate Majority Leader and a UCLA Student Body President, with a Harvard MBA and a proven track record of influencing and shaping public and private sectors. Dean is a trusted advisor, a thought leader, and a motivating speaker who champions challenges in complex and dynamic fields.
Experience
Board Director
California Air Resources Board
Feb 2016 — Present · CA, US
The California Air Resources Board, also known as CARB or ARB, is the \"clean air agency\" in the government of California. Established in 1967 when then-governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, CARB is a department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency. California is the only state that is permitted to have such a regulatory agency, since it is the only state that had one before the passage of the federal Clean Air Act. Other states are permitted to follow CARB standards, or use the federal ones, but not set their own.Besides its long-standing mission to scrub California\'s air of damaging pollutants, the board in recent years has taken charge of the state\'s efforts to combat climate change, including the controversial cap-and-trade system that limits greenhouse gas emissions across most of the economy.
Education
Harvard Business School
MBA, Finance
1991 — 1993
Harvard Business School
Researcher, Author
1992 — 1993
UCLA
Political Science, Law
1982 — 1987
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