Igor Tregub's Life of Service
Elected to the Berkeley City Council in 2024, Igor Tregub is an experienced consensus builder who, in just two years, is already delivering real results for Downtown Berkeley.
A community leader in Berkeley for more than 20 years, he is running for re-election to make District 4 and the broader Berkeley community a more affordable, safe, and vibrant place to live and visit. He has a reputation for getting things done.
As Chair of the Alameda County Democratic Party and former Chair of the California Democratic Party’s Environmental Caucus, Igor has worked to bridge divides in the Democratic Party as we elect Democrats up-and-down the ballot who will push back against MAGA extremists and polluting industries.
Prior to his service on the Council, Igor chaired the Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board, Housing Advisory Commission, Commission on Labor, and three different budget oversight committees.
He also previously served two terms on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, where he was known as someone focused on professionalizing the Board’s important work helping tenants and small landlords navigate complex bureaucracies.
As a Sierra Club National Board of Directors member and former chair of its San Francisco Bay Chapter, Igor helps center climate justice and housing insecurity within the organization’s national, statewide, and regional work and advocacy. Grounded in the understanding that healthy communities and environmental stewardship are deeply interconnected, he has worked to advance approaches that recognize both the needs of people and the well-being of our planet.
Igor works as Strategic Partnerships Director and Senior Policy Advisor at Reimagine Power, a women-owned boutique consultancy advocating for renewable energy solutions for multifamily housing and those who have been historically left out of the clean energy transition.
He holds an M.S. in Engineering Management from Duke, an M.A. in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco, a Certificate in International Security from Stanford, a Certificate in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley.
Igor knows that democracy is fragile and something to be cherished and protected. He is an immigrant from Ukraine, and outside of his local and state advocacy, he is organizing to bring distributed solar, battery storage, and energy democracy to the country of his birth.
Always Working Hard for You
Throughout his public service career, Igor has spearheaded tangible accomplishments, from helping craft and implement legislation and securing funding for Berkeley Way/HOPE Center, a successful affordable housing project with wraparound services in Downtown Berkeley, to getting safety lights installed for pedestrians and bicyclists on a high-collision intersection, to working with the former District 4 Councilmember to electrify our buildings—legislation now adopted in hundreds of other jurisdictions nationally.
Igor is focused on making Berkeley streets safe for everyone, including seniors, people with disabilities, pedestrians, bicyclists, and micromobility users. He has strong working relationships with leaders at BART and AC Transit—including being entrusted by his peers to serve as chair of the AC Transit Parcel Tax Oversight Committee—and is making sure that Berkeley is doing its part to accelerate seamless mobility across transit agencies.
Igor is always working hard for you, and would be honored to continue his service on the City Council, creating positive change and fostering a more inclusive, collegial, and equitable Berkeley for all.