Aaron Ordower is Environmental Deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath.

He is responsible for policy initiatives and projects that include climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management, and environmental justice benefiting LA’s 10-million residents.

Mr. Ordower has worked on environmental sustainability, urban infrastructure, and economic development at organizations including the Los Angeles City Council President’s Office, New York City Mayor’s Office, and the World Bank. In LA, he led initiatives including committing America’s largest municipally-owned utility to reach 100% clean energy by 2035; banning
many forms of single-use plastic from the economy; and outlawing oil and gas drilling in the nation’s largest urban oil field. Mr. Ordower helped design New York City’s historic 2019 Climate Mobilization Act and oversaw NYC programs designed to assist the private sector to reduce building energy use. He started his career working on sustainable development technical assistance and investment lending in Latin America.

Mr. Ordower earned his Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA and BA in Political Science and Latin American Literature from UC Berkeley.