Nate Wallace is program manager, clean transportation at Environmental Defence. He's passionate about shifting to clean mobility and building more sustainable cities. Wallace's background is in public transit advocacy, spending more than three years in a policy role at the Canadian Urban Transit Association, where he helped shape policy and government relations efforts to achieve billions in emergency transit funding during the pandemic. His academic background includes a masters degree in political management from Carleton University and a bachelor of philosophy in interdisciplinary leadership studies from UNB’s Renaissance College. In his free time, Nate enjoys listening to heavy metal, watching movies with friends and exploring nature.