She is also on the Board of Directors of Cool the Earth, an environmental education non-profit. Previously Margot was General Counsel for Project Frog, Inc., a firm that designs and installs high pre-engineered green buildings. Margot’s legal practice has also included roles as outside general counsel for early-stage start-ups, mergers and acquisitions and securities litigation attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in San Francisco, and contract attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council in the area of water law and policy. She is a founding board member and past President of the Board of Emerge California, a Democratic women’s political training program, and served for several years as a member of the Sierra Club Marin Group Executive Committee.