Deborah Halberstadt is the Special Advisor to the Commissioner on Biodiversity and Inclusive insurance at the California Department of Insurance. There she advises the Commissioner on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives associated with mainstreaming, protecting and restoring biodiversity, and promoting social and environmental justice in the context of insurance regulation. Deborah is a visionary and persuasive leader and an accomplished attorney and has worked at the forefront of climate law and policy in California. She also loves exploring the wonders of nature with her family – the wilder, the better – and concluding with a decadent cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows.