Physician, attorney, and health policy advocate, Michael Painter is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He and his colleagues scour the nation and the world looking for great ideas that help us build a healthy, just and equitable future on a warming planet. To Michael, a healthy future is one where humans thrive in harmony with all living things and serve as sacred protectors of our home. In 2003-2004, Painter was an RWJF Health Policy Fellow with Senator William H. Frist, MD, then Majority Leader. Prior to that, he was the chief of medical staff at the Seattle Indian Health Board, a community health center serving urban American Indians and Alaska Natives. Michael holds a JD from Stanford Law School and an MD from University of Washington. Michael is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.