Igor A. Tregub

Candidate for City Council Member, Berkeley, District 4 · Berkeley City Councilmember, District 4

Igor Tregub was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and immigrated to the United States through Israel at age 10, landing first in Knoxville, Tennessee before his family moved to Southern California and eventually the Bay Area. He holds bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Political Science from UC Berkeley, a master's in Engineering Management from Duke, and certificates in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco and International Security from Stanford. He spent about 12 years working in national security at the U.S. Department of Energy on nuclear safety, nonproliferation, and intergovernmental affairs across California, Nevada, Texas, Washington D.C., and Central Asia, and has founded or partnered in several small campaign-strategy consulting businesses. He served eight years on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board before being elected to the Berkeley City Council in a May 2024 special election triggered by Councilmember Kate Harrison's resignation.

As a councilmember, Tregub has referred high-impact investments in Downtown Berkeley's revitalization, including the Addison Catenary Lighting Project, the Oxford for All proposal, and the Harold Way Placemaking Project, aimed at making downtown spaces safer and more walkable. He has said he wants to make Berkeley the first carbon-free city in the nation, including expanding EV charging infrastructure, local solar, battery storage, and microgrids, with an emphasis on renters and those left behind in the clean-energy transition.

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