Dr. Probolsky is public opinion and public policy expert with decades of experience in local government and land use. He is also a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management. He has acted as a strategic advisor on hundreds of successful projects involving crisis communications, land use entitlements, legislative advocacy, local government public affairs, political campaigns, public education, special districts, and statewide initiatives. He is also a behavioral change and marketing strategy expert.
Dr. Probolsky served as both a planning and finance commissioner for the City of Irvine, where he oversaw and approved billions of dollars in private development and public infrastructure projects. As past chairman of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, he led fundraising efforts and directed hundreds of thousands of dollars in student scholarships and campus safety funding. He was also a member of the Orange County Waste & Recycling Commission, where he oversaw landfill operations, recycling programs, waste hauling companies, and power-generating facilities. As a member of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Environmental Mitigation and Oversight Committee, he oversaw the expenditure of more than $175 million in public transportation funds.
He previously served as a board member and development committee chairman for Jewish Family Service of Orange County, a nonprofit organization supporting families in need. For nearly eight years, he volunteered with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as a spokesperson, including serving as public information officer in the Emergency Operations Center during major crises such as wildfires.
Dr. Probolsky also served on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Policy Committee on Energy and the Environment and is an alumnus of the U.S. State Department–funded American Council of Young Political Leaders, through which he traveled to El Salvador and Nicaragua. His international work includes delegations to Taipei and Doha, Qatar with U.S. Congressional leadership and a people-to-people exchange in Havana, Cuba.
He earned his Master’s degree in data analytics and visualization from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his Doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership from South College. He is married with three children.
