Aaron Freeman is a Managing Partner at Pivot Strategic, a policy and public affairs firm that works with companies and organizations in the environmental sector, as well as Indigenous organizations. Aaron is the Founder of Energy Neighbour, a social venture which makes it easier for homeowners to undertake energy efficiency retrofits. He is also the Founder of GreenPAC, Canada’s non-partisan organization to build environmental leadership in politics, where he established the Parliamentary Internship for the Environment (Canada’s only legislative internship program for the environment), and a community-based leadership development program called Every Day Advocates. Aaron has been named by The Hill Times as one of the Top 100 Federal Lobbyists in Canada, and has been awarded a Canada Clean50 Award for his work as a Sustainability Champion. Between 2009 and 2012, Aaron served as Senior Advisor to the Premier of Ontario. He previously played key roles in several national advocacy campaigns, including passage of the Species At Risk Act, and new political fundraising rules to limit the influence of money in politics. He also served as Policy Director for Environmental Defence. Aaron was a part-time faculty member at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, where he taught public governance law. He is the co-author of The Laws of Government: The Legal Foundations of Canadian Democracy, which the Ontario Bar Association lists as one of “The Top 15 Books Every Lawyer Should Read.”
