Curtis Below 

Curtis Below joined Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates as a Researcher in 2007.  With professional experience in the public, nonprofit and private sectors, Curtis brings a broad professional and academic background to FMM &A.

In the public sector, Curtis previously worked in the California State Legislature for then Assemblymember Herb J. Wesson, Jr., specifically focusing on health, utilities and conservation issues.  He also worked in Governor-elect Gray Davis’ transition office and is currently the Vice-Chair of the City of Oakland ’s Public Ethics Commission, overseeing city laws regarding open records, public meetings, campaign financing and lobbyist registration.   

In the nonprofit sector, Curtis worked for Environmental Defense, focusing mostly on environmental health issues.  Projects he worked on included investigating environmental priority setting through comparative risk analysis and creating an interactive website that permitted the public to get geographically specific reports on chemical toxicities, environmental releases, and human exposures.

In the private sector, Curtis was a co-founder and Vice President of GetActive Software, an Internet software and services company that provided online constituent mobilization and engagement tools for nonprofit organizations, including the AFL -CIO, American Lung Association, US Chamber of Commerce, the Humane Society of the United States and PBS.  These tools included advocacy letter writing campaigns, online fundraising, email newsletters, online event registration and website management.

Curtis received his Bachelor’s degree in Geography/Environmental Studies from UCLA in 1994 and both his Master’s of Public Policy and Master’s of Public Health from UC Berkeley in 1998.

Curtis can be reached in the Oakland office at (510) 451-9521 or curtis@fmma.com.