John Bailey is a Climate Advisor for the City of San Antonio as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies supported American Cities Climate Challenge. John has over two decades of experience advocating for transportation and land use policies and practices that promote sustainable and equitable outcomes. He has done this at the national level in Washington, DC, and has worked at the state and local level in California and Minnesota. He was the founding Executive Director of the Washington Smart Growth Alliance, which brought together real estate professionals, environmentalists, business leaders and affordable housing advocates to promote transit-oriented development. After moving to Minnesota, John became the Policy Director at Envision Minnesota where he led numerous efforts around transit funding, community planning, and environmental policy. In the late 1990’s, John was a founder of City CarShare, the first large-scale car sharing business in North America, and he recently founded the Saint Paul Tool Library. He is most proud of his volunteer work helping to resettle newly-arriving refugees, including teaching them to use the public transportation system. John grew up in Galveston, Texas and graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Community Studies.