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- Attorney
- Member of the New York
Adam Pulver litigates a range of cases involving administrative law, consumer rights, civil rights, labor and employment law, and constitutional law. He also regularly conducts trainings and provides guidance to other lawyers working on these issues.
Adam Pulver is an attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group, where he specializes in administrative law and appellate and Supreme Court litigation on behalf of consumers, workers, and civil rights plaintiffs. He also regularly conducts trainings and provides guidance to other lawyers working on these issues.
Prior to joining the Litigation Group in 2017, Adam worked in a variety of public interest positions. Most recently, he was a Senior Attorney at the Office of the Solicitor of Labor at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), where he worked on policy, trial and appellate litigation, and regulations relating to discrimination, labor union governance, and labor-management relations. As part of his work at DOL, he was the lead attorney on issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. Prior to joining DOL, he spent several years as an associate at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP in New York, where he litigated civil rights, employment, housing, consumer, and commercial cases in state and federal courts at all levels. He also worked at the ACLU of the Nation's Capital (now the ACLU of DC) as a volunteer attorney. Following law school, Adam served as a law clerk to the Honorable Christina A. Snyder, Honorable Stephen G. Larson, and Honorable Virginia A. Phillips, all of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Adam has authored a number of publications relating to labor and workplace issues, disability rights, and sexuality and gender law, and is a frequent speaker on these topics. In 2015, he was named one of the nation's Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association. Adam is a past president of the LGBT Bar Association of the District of Columbia and is an active member of the community.
He graduated from Columbia Law School in 2008, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Dean's Public Interest Law Scholar, and received the Allan Morrow Prize for Sexuality and Gender Law. He served as Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, and was a member of the Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic and City Bar Legal Clinic for the Homeless. During law school, he worked at the ACLU's LGBT Rights Project, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and Altshuler Berzon LLP, as well as an intern for the Hon. Gerard E. Lynch, then of the Southern District of New York. Adam earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Tufts University.
Adam is a member of the New York and District of Columbia bars and is admitted to practice in several federal courts.
Adina Rosenbaum is an expert in issues of administrative law, federal preemption, open government, and appellate litigation.
Adina H. Rosenbaum is an attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group, which she joined in September 2004. Adina's practice areas include consumer law, access to civil justice, federal preemption, administrative law, open government, and Supreme Court and appellate litigation.
Among the cases litigated by Adina are Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg, 572 U.S. 273 (2014) (considering scope of preemption under the Airline Deregulation Act); Taylor v. Sturgell, 552 U.S. 880 (2008) (disapproving of preclusion by "virtual representation"); Kwoka v. IRS, 989 F.3d 1058 (D.C. Cir. 2021) (holding that district court abused its discretion in denying attorney fees to Freedom of Information Act requester); Richards v. PAR, Inc., 954 F.3d 965 (7th Cir. 2020) (holding that whether a debt collector has a present right to possession of property under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is determined by reference to state law); Fulton Dental, LLC v. Bisco, Inc., 860 F.3d 541 (7th Cir. 2017) (holding that defendant's deposit of funds with the district court under Rule 67 did not moot plaintiff's claim). She also served as co-counsel in Dan's City Used Cars v. Pelkey, 569 U.S. 251 (2013) (representing respondent); Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 569 U.S. 66 (2013) (representing respondent); and FCC v. AT&T Inc., 562 U.S. 397 (2011) (representing respondent FOIA requester in support of petitioners).
In connection with her practice, Adina has testified before a congressional subcommittee and has been interviewed by television, radio, and print media outlets. She has taught appellate advocacy at local law schools and served on the D.C. Bar Administrative Law and Agency Practice Section's steering committee.
Adina received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1998 and earning membership in Phi Beta Kappa. In 2003, she graduated magna cum laude from the New York University School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor of the New York University Law Review. Following law school, Adina clerked for the Honorable Martha Craig Daughtrey of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Adina is admitted to the District of Columbia and New York bars, is an inactive member of the Massachusetts bar, and is admitted to practice before numerous federal courts.
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- Expert
- Texas Office Director
Adrian Shelley is an expert in issues revolving around clean air, environmental and energy policy and all things Texas. He has worked in the field of Clean Air Act litigation, as the environmental policy director for a state representative and as the executive director of an air quality and public health nonprofit organization.
Adrian Shelley is an expert in issues revolving around clean air, environmental and energy policy and all things Texas. He has worked in the field of Clean Air Act litigation, as the environmental policy director for a state representative and as the executive director of Air Alliance Houston, an air quality and public health nonprofit organization. Shelley has served as president of the Environmental Law Society and editor of the Texas Environmental Law Journal. He was also the environmental director and counsel for State Rep. Jessica Farrar during the 82nd session of the Texas Legislature. He is a two-time recipient of the Texas Legal Fellowship, a recipient of the Joe R. and Teresa L. Long Legal Fellowship and a recipient of the University Co-op Public Interest Award for Graduating Students. He obtained his bachelor's degree in English and philosophy from Trinity University, cum laude and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
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- Executive Assistant
- Executive Assistant to Robert Weissman
Aileen Walsh is the Executive Assistant to Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen. She is also a Development Officer, assisting the Development Office with major donor fundraising events and organization-wide events. Aileen is the Assistant-Secretary for the Public Citizen, Inc. and Public Citizen Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors.
Aileen joined Public Citizen in 1993 after having worked for many years for the President of a high tech manufacturing company in Rockville, MD that also had an office in Tokyo, Japan and numerous representatives all over the world.
Before returning to the work force, Aileen was a stay at home mom, raising two wonderful daughters and putting them through undergrad and graduate school. Aileen is extremely proud of her daughters and their accomplishments.
Aileen grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and Erie, PA, and in the mid-50s her family moved to Maryland where Aileen attended private schools and later enrolled in computer classes at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD.
Aileen's passion is gardening, which she learned from her Mom at an early age. Her Mom was a Master Gardener. Her other hobbies are antiquing, reading, cooking, hanging out with her friends and family, and volunteering at her Dad's nursing home where he lived for 3 ½ years.
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- Research Director
- Research Director of Public Citizen 's Corporate Presidency Project
Alan Zibel, research director of Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency Project, focuses on corporate influence and conflicts of interest in the Trump administration. He is a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, where he covered housing and financial regulation. He also worked for the Baltimore Business Journal, Oakland Tribune, the Fremont (Calif.) Argus and the Concord (NH) Monitor. He lives in Takoma Park, Md., with his family.
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- Expert
- Litigation Group Director
Allison Zieve is an expert in administrative law, public health litigation, open government law, federal preemption, class action standards, and the First Amendment.
Allison M. Zieve joined Public Citizen Litigation Group in August 1994. In 2009, she became the Group's director and director of our Supreme Court Assistance Project. She also serves as General Counsel of Public Citizen.
Allison's litigation practice addresses public health (such drug safety, food labeling and tobacco issues), consumer safety (such as automobile standards), open government, federal preemption, class action standards, and First Amendment issues (in the context of federal regulation and of the Internet). Many of her cases involve issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, among other agencies. Allison has argued five cases before the United States Supreme Court and many more in the federal appellate and district courts.
Allison serves as a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States and the American Law Institute, and has served as a board member and board chair of the Food and Drug Law Institute. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Yale Law School, Georgetown University School of Law and American University's Washington College of Law. In addition, since its inception, Allison has judged the American Constitution Society's Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. She has written articles for N.Y.U.'s Annual Survey of American Law, Duke Law School's Law & Contemporary Problems, TRIAL Magazine, various BNA legal publications, Internal Medicine News and Regulatory Affairs Journal (UK).
Allison is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and is admitted to practice before numerous federal courts. She graduated from Brown University and Yale Law School.
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- Campaign Coordinator
- Campaign Coordinator of the Access to Medicines Program
Alyson Bancroft is the campaign coordinator of the Access to Medicines Program. In this role, she contributes to strategy for influencing U.S. public policy to expand the accessibility and availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving
Amit Narang is an expert on issues related to the federal regulatory process.
Andi Petrovic is a Field Organizer for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. She works closely with local and national partners to organize on trade-related issues. Prior to working on the Replace NAFTA campaign, Andi worked on multiple progressive candidate campaigns. She helped launch and manage the National Association of Diverse Consultants. She also served as a summer fellow at Solidarity Strategies and as a congressional intern with the House of Representatives.
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- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
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- Climate Finance Policy Counsel
Prior to joining Public Citizen, Anne was a Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Climate Center, advancing research on issues at the intersection of climate change and finance. She also led investigations into violations of human rights and environment standards for the accountability mechanism at the United Nations Development Programme. From 2000 to 2012, she directed the International Financial Institutions Program at the Center for International Environmental Law. She has an LLM with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center, a Masters in Science from University of Vermont, and a JD from Louisiana State University.
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- Executive Director of Greenpeace USA
- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
Annie Leonard is the executive director of Greenpeace USA and a longtime environmental activist. She is author of the book, "The Story of Stuff" and the creator of "The Story of Stuff" documentary, which has been viewed more than 40 million times online. "The Story of Stuff" explores the often hidden environmental, health and social impacts of production and consumption. The Story of Stuff Project has since produced eight more films.
Ms. Leonard began her career as an activist at Greenpeace International in 1988, where she spent eight years as an international toxics campaigner working to prevent international waste exports. She is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues. In 2008, she was named one of Time magazine's environmental heroes. She has worked for Health Care Without Harm and Essential Action.
In addition to serving on the board for Public Citizen, she also serves on the boards of the Wallace Global Fund and the Social Mission Board of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. She previously served on the boards of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Grassroots Recycling Network, the Environmental Health Fund, Global Greengrants India, Greenpeace India and the International Forum on Globalization.
She did her undergraduate studies at Barnard College, Columbia University, and she has a masters degree in city and regional planning from Cornell University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and leads Greenpeace USA from its San Francisco office.
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- Co - Director, Democracy Campaign
Freechild co-leads Public Citizen's work building a broad movement to get money out of politics and ensure that everyone's vote counts. She also leads Public Citizen's advocacy work on election security and holding voting system vendors accountable for ensuring machines are safe from hackers. She co-founded the Secure Our Vote coalition, which works on the state and local level to encourage election officials to secure the vote and allow for recovery should a computer error or hack occur. She's led successful campaigns to fight big money in politics in the District of Columbia as well as in Illinois, New Jersey, Vermont and Washington state.
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- Health Services Researcher
Bartlett Naylor is an expert on corporate governance, financial markets and shareholder rights.
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- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
- Visiting Fellow at the Shorenstein Center
Brandi Collins-Dexter is a visiting fellow at the Shorenstein Center and consultant and former senior campaign director at Color Of Change, where she oversaw the media, culture, and economic justice team. She has led several successful and highly visible campaigns for corporate and government accountability including getting Fox's The O'Reilly Factor taken off the air; winning Net neutrality protections, and pressuring financial companies to pull funding from hate groups. Brandi is a regular commentator in the media on racial justice. The Hill named her a 2017 "person to watch." Brandi holds a bachelor's degree from Agnes Scott College and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
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- Racial Equity Policy Associate
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- Fair and Secure Elections Organizer
Carlos Childs is the Fair and Secure Elections Organizer at Public Citizen.
Carly Fabian is a Policy Advocate for Public Citizen's Climate Program, where she advocates for financial institutions and regulators to take action on the climate crisis.
Cheyenne Hunt-Majer is a progressive advocate and attorney specializing in the issues at the intersection of democratic erosion, technology policy, and human rights. She currently serves as a Big Tech Accountability Advocate with Public Citizen. She has drafted legislation and led campaigns to hold tech giants accountable for their role in undermining democratic norms, promoting misinformation, inciting violence, and exploiting user privacy.
While attending law school at The University of California Irvine, she studied under and worked with David Kaye, the Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, to advocate for international human rights standards as the base line for content moderation policies and the use of A.I. technology. As a law clerk for Senator Amy Klobuchar, she gained expertise in legislative affairs, appropriations, and the nominations process. Her work spanned across a wide variety of issues areas including social media policy, civil rights, reproductive justice, and democracy reform.
She earned Dual Degrees in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Denver and serves as a board member for The Women of Global Change, and international non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and their families in a sustainable manner.
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- Co - Director of Declaration for American Democracy
Christine Wood is co-director of Declaration for American Democracy. Christine is an experienced organizer, canvass director and field director with a background in both electoral and issue-based advocacy.
Christine Wood is the co-director of Declaration for American Democracy. Christine is an experienced organizer, canvass director and field director with a background in both electoral and issue-based advocacy. She served as a field organizer in 2016 for a presidential campaign and as the field director in 2018 for a Congressional campaign. Previously, Christine led organizing efforts on college campuses for the Climate Reality Projects' 100% Renewable campaigns in North Carolina. Christine has worked with a wide range of people and community-based grassroots organizations throughout the country to recruit and train organizers and volunteers. Through that work, she developed a passion for inspiring everyday people to take action, which continues to drive her work at Public Citizen.
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- Government Affairs Lobbyist
Craig Holman, Ph.D., serves as Public Citizen's Capitol Hill lobbyist on ethics, lobbying and campaign finance rules. Craig is an expert on campaign finance reform, governmental ethics, lobbying practices and the impact of money in politics. Previously, Craig was senior policy analyst at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law. Craig worked closely with reform organizations and the Democratic congressional caucus of the 110th Congress in drafting and promoting the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act," the new federal lobbying and ethics reform legislation signed into law on Sept. 14, 2007. As a consequence of this legislation, Craig is also working with European nongovernmental organizations and members of the European Commission and Parliament in developing a lobbyist registration system for the European Union.
Craig has assisted in drafting campaign finance reform legislation, including pay-to-play legislation, and has conducted numerous research projects on the initiative process and the impact of money in politics. He has been called upon to assist as a researcher and/or expert witness defending in court the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) as well as the campaign finance reform laws of Alaska, Arkansas, California and Colorado. He has authored and co-authored several studies on campaign finance and the initiative process, including four major works entitled BUYING TIME 2000: TELEVISION ADVERTISING IN THE 2000 FEDERAL ELECTIONS (2001); THE PRICE OF JUSTICE: A CASE STUDY IN JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCING (1995); TO GOVERN OURSELVES: BALLOT INITIATIVES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA (1992), and DEMOCRACY BY INITIATIVE (1992). Some of his other publications include: "Lobbying Reform in the United States and the European Union: Progress on Two Continents," in Conor McGrath, ed., INTEREST GROUPS AND LOBBYING (2009); "The Structure and Organization of Congress and the Practice of Lobbying," in Thomas Susman and William Luneburg, eds., THE LOBBYING MANUAL: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FEDERAL LAW GOVERNING LAWYERS AND LOBBYISTS, FOURTH EDITION (2008); "Close the 527 Loophole" in Matt Kerbel, ed., GET THIS PARTY STARTED: HOW PROGRESSIVES CAN FIGHT BACK AND WIN (2006); "The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Limits and Opportunities for Non-Profit Groups in Federal Elections," Northern Kentucky Law Review (2004); "The Nuts and Bolts of Public Financing of State Candidate Campaigns," National Civic Review (2003); and THE NEW POLITICS OF JUDICIAL ELECTIONS (2002).
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- Principal and CEO at Civis Consulting LLC in Seattle, Washington
- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
Cynthia Renfro is the principal and CEO at Civis Consulting LLC in Seattle, Washington, a consulting firm launched in 2012 to support philanthropic institutions and community-based organizations in developing and implementing strategic and intentional programs. Civis Consulting has expertise in grant-making, organizational development, comprehensive human resources development and program implementation at local, state and national levels.
Until November 2012, Ms. Renfro was the director of programs and evaluation for the Marguerite Casey Foundation, where she was responsible for overseeing the foundation's core grant-making activities and evaluation strategy. Prior to joining the foundation, Ms. Renfro served as a program officer at the Beldon Fund and a consultant to the Iraq Peace Fund of the Tides Foundation. Before joining the Beldon Fund, she worked at the Turner Foundation in Atlanta as a program officer and then program director, where she helped manage approximately $25 million in payouts to more than 400 environmental organizations each year.
Ms. Renfro started her nonprofit career working for the Multinational Monitor, a magazine that tracks multinational corporations and is part of Essential Information, founded by Ralph Nader. There, she championed corporate accountability, human rights and a clean environment both domestically and internationally. Ms. Renfro also serves on the board of directors of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, and is on the Capital Campaign Advisory Committee at the Highlander Research & Education Center. She has served on the boards of the National Network of Grant-Makers, the Environmental Leadership Program and the Neighborhood Funders Group.
Cynthia Renfro is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, and went on to become a Rackham Merit Fellow PhD student of American History at the University of Michigan.
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- President of Goldve Entertainment
- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
Danny Goldberg is the president of Goldve Entertainment (GVE), an entertainment company representing artists in music, touring, books, films and other media. GVE manages the careers of Steve Earle, Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) and Martha Wainwright, among others. He is a periodic writer for The Nation, Dissent and Alternet.org. He is also a member of the boards of The Nation Institute, Americans for Peace Now, Brave New Films and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.
Previously, Mr. Goldberg has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company president, public relations man and journalist since the late 1960s. He wrote "Bumping Into Geniuses" (Gotham Books, 2008) and "How the Left Lost Teen Spirit" (Akashic Books, 2005), which appeared in a shorter form as "Dispatches From the Culture Wars" (Miramax Books, 2003). Mr. Goldberg was CEO of Air America Radio from 2005 until mid-2006; chairman and CEO of Mercury Records, a division of Polygram from 1995 to 1998; chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records in 1995; president of Atlantic Records from 1993 to 1994; and founder and president of Gold Mountain Entertainment, whose clients included Nirvana, Hole, Sonic Youth, Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers and Rickie Lee Jones from 1983 to 1992. He began his career as a music journalist at the age of 18, writing for Rolling Stone, Billboard and The Village Voice.
Mr. Goldberg has received the ACLU of Southern California Torch of Liberty Award in 1998, the PEN Center USA First Amendment Award in 2003, the Americans for Peace Now Yitzhak Rabin Peace Award with Victor Goldberg in 2005 and was the LAANE City of Justice honoree in 2012.
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- Managing Director of Public Citizen 's Climate Program
- Managing Director, Climate Program
David Arkush is the managing director of Public Citizen's Climate Program. He is an expert on the climate crisis, financial regulation, regulatory law and policy, and consumer and worker protection. He has broad experience building coalitions and advocating for the public interest, having lobbied extensively before the U.S. Congress and federal regulatory agencies and litigated complex cases in the federal courts.
David Arkush is the managing director of Public Citizen's Climate Program and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. He is an expert on the climate crisis, financial regulation, regulatory law and policy, and consumer and worker protection. He has broad experience building coalitions and advocating for the public interest, having lobbied extensively before Congress and regulatory agencies and litigated complex cases in the federal courts. He was recently instrumental in developing within the U.S. Climate Action Network a comprehensive, widely supported platform of strong, equitable climate policies, the Vision for Equitable Climate Action.
Before running the Climate Program, David spent five years directing Public Citizen's Congress Watch division, where he led strategic research and advocacy campaigns and played key roles in the passage of laws including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. A TIME magazine profile of David notes that he has "advocated for consumer protection, advised breaking up the largest, too-big-to-fail banks and addressed other industry-structure issues, while investigating the financial sector's myriad ties to the government."
David has also taught Administrative Law and Legislation at the University of Richmond School of Law. He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served as managing editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and with honors from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
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- Communications Officer
- Communications Officer on Regulatory Affairs
- Public Citizen 's Communications Officer
David Rosen is Public Citizen's communications officer on regulatory affairs as well as the communications officer for the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards and the Clean Budget Coalition.
David Rosen is the communications officer on regulatory affairs for Public Citizen, the Clean Budget Coalition and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. He also serves on Public Citizen's Professional Development Committee. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, David holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Tufts University as well as master's degrees in political management and political psychology from George Washington University. Early in his career, David served as a senior campaign strategist on a number of state legislative races around the country. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 2007 and managed the Government Accountability Project's individual giving program for four years. More recently, he worked as a messaging strategist at Media Matters Action Network and vetted candidates for D.C.'s top political staffing firm. David is best known as the founder of First Person Politics, which focuses on the strategic applications of generational theory and political psychology.
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- Climate Campaign Director
- Director of Public Citizen 's Climate Campaign
Deanna Noël is the Director of Public Citizen's Climate Campaign. She advocates for financial institutions and regulators to act on climate change. Prior to joining Public Citizen, Deanna worked on campaigns to protect public lands and safeguard federal environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act.
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- Web Coordinator With Public Citizen 's Health Research Group
Diane Krauthamer is the web coordinator with Public Citizen's Health Research Group (HRG). She is responsible for developing and maintaining some of the functionality, design and content for WorstPills.org and the HRG-related pages of Public Citizen's primary website, citizen.org. She also is the primary HRG social media coordinator.
Diane Krauthamer is the Web Coordinator with Public Citizen's Health Research Group (HRG). She is responsible for maintaining the functionality, design and content for WorstPills.org and the HRG-related pages of Public Citizen's primary website, citizen.org. She also is the primary HRG social media coordinator.
Born in New York and raised in the Washington D.C. area, Diane holds a Master's degree in Media Studies, a Bachelor's degree in Journalism/Media Studies and Political Science, and an Associate's degree in Computer Science and Information Systems. Prior to joining Public Citizen in 2018, she worked in various capacities as a web designer, digital media/communications specialist, graphic designer and editor.
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- Direct Response Coordinator
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- Expert
- Health Research Group Director
Dr. Michael Carome is an expert on issues of drug and medical device safety, pharmacy compounding, Food and Drug Administration oversight, health care policy and the protection of human research subjects.
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- Expert
- Health Research Group Founder and Senior Adviser
Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe is an expert on issues of drug safety, health care policy, Food and Drug Administration and hospital oversight, OSHA, medical devices, Medicare and Medicaid and doctor discipline.
Eagan Kemp is an expert in health care policy, including single-payer systems, private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Veterans Health Administration, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, social determinants of health, mental health and drug shortages. He has served as senior policy analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. He holds a master's degree in sociology from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, where he worked as a research assistant and teaching assistant. He holds a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in political science and sociology from Utah State University.
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- Associate for the Declaration for American Democracy
Elias Hakim is the campaign associate for the Declaration for American Democracy. Before joining Public Citizen, he was most recently the assistant for field and member services at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
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- Associate for Public
- Regulatory Policy Associate
Elizabeth "Bitsy" Skerry is a regulatory policy associate for Public Citizen, where she focuses on making the regulatory process work for the people, not corporations.
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- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
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- Planned Giving Coordinator
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- Program Manager
- Email Program Manager
George Salvat is Public Citizen's email program manager.
Hannah Saggau is an insurance campaigner for Public Citizen's Climate Program, where she advocates for the insurance industry to take action on the climate crisis.
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- Field Manager, Democracy Campaign
- Member of the Democracy Team at Public
Ilana is a member of the democracy team at Public Citizen where she leads the national activist program and takes part in building a movement to rebuild, strengthen, and protect our democracy.
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- Chairman, Public Citizen Inc
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- Director of Principal Gifts
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- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
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- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
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- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Financial Officer of Public
Joe Stoshak is the Chief Financial Officer of Public Citizen. He began employment with Public Citizen back in 1999 as Controller.
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- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
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- Co - Director of Public Citizen 's Democracy Campaign
- Co - Director, Democracy Campaign
Jonah Minkoff-Zern is co-director of Public Citizen's Democracy Campaign, where he works to build a national movement for our democracy by building grassroots support nationwide to get money out of politics and ensure all voters have access to the ballot. He has mobilized people to push for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, helped win voting rights and other election reforms in New York state and coordinated national support for the Second Chances Florida ballot initiative, which restored the eligibility to vote to Floridians with felony convictions.
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- Public Citizen Inc. Read More / Close
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- Press Officer for the Texas Office of Public
- Press Officer, Texas Office
José Medina is the press officer for the Texas office of Public Citizen.
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- Worker Health and Safety Advocate
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- Energy Policy and Outreach Specialist
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- Property and Facilities Manager
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- Executive Vice President
- Public Citizen 's Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Lisa Gilbert is Public Citizen's vice president of legislative affairs. Previously Gilbert served as the deputy director and then director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch division. She advocates for government transparency and integrity, financial reform, civil justice and consumer protection.
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- Campaign Director, Global Vaccine Access
- Strategist
Liza Barrie is a strategist and campaigner. Before joining Public Citizen in late 2020, she spent more than two decades leading communications, advocacy, and partnerships at UNICEF.
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- Research Director
- Research Director of Public Citizen 's Global Trade Watch
Luis C. Ramírez-Martínez is the Research Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. He develops and implements GTW's research agenda covering trade law, policy, and globalization issues.
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- Chairman, Public Citizen Foundation
Martha Perez-Pedemonti is a Civil Justice & Consumer Rights Counsel with Public Citizen. Prior to joining Public Citizen, she litigated in both the public and private sectors, in addition to developing city government and policy experience.
Matt Kent is a competition policy advocate with Public Citizen. Prior to joining Public Citizen, he was a Government Affairs Associate specializing in transportation policy at a maritime trade association and a lobbyist for various non-profit associations on a wide range of legislative and regulatory issues. Read More Close
Maxine Gomez is a Houston-Based community organizer for the Texas office at Public Citizen.
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- Deputy Director
- Global Trade Watch Deputy Director
As Deputy Director, Melanie Foley leads outreach and coalition building strategies to bolster Global Trade Watch's campaigns on global trade negotiations.
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- Global Trade Watch Director
- TRADE
Melinda St. Louis is the Global Trade Watch director. She provides expert analysis of technical trade agreement provisions and implications for domestic policymaking to Congress and high-level government officials, the press, and civil society partners in the U.S.
Michael is a senior researcher in Public Citizen's Health Research Group focusing on behavioral health, drug and device safety and efficacy, occupational safety and health, and broader health policy issues.
Michael T. Kirkpatrick's practice areas include constitutional law, civil rights, class actions, administrative law, and open government.
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- Research Director
- Research Director in Public Citizen 's Congress Watch
Mike Tanglis is a research director in Public Citizen's Congress Watch division. Mike has authored and co-authored numerous reports on corruption, money and politics, worker safety, consumer protection and more. His work has exposed conflicts of interest, shined a light on efforts by those who put profits over safety and spurred legislation to combat pay-to-play politics. Mike was featured in CNN's documentary, The Trump Family Business, discussing his report mapping the complex business empire of President Trump.
Nandan Joshi's practice areas include consumer law; access to justice; administrative law; and communications, Internet and technology law.
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- Health Researcher
- Health Researcher in Public Citizen 's Health Research Group
Nina Zeldes is a health researcher in Public Citizen's Health Research Group focusing on health care policy, drug and medical device safety, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight.
Patrick Davis is Public Citizen's communications officer for the Climate and Energy Team.
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- Attorney
- Expert in Issues of Internet
Paul Alan Levy is an expert in issues of Internet free speech, removal jurisdiction, and the representation of lawyers in trouble; from sanctions, contempt findings and the like.
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- Director
- Access to Medicines Director
Rachel Curley is a democracy advocate for Public Citizen's Congress Watch division, where her main focus is to call for companies to disclose information about how much money they spend to influence our politics, as well as to support Public Citizen's democracy work with federal legislation.
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- Research Director
- Research Director for Public
Rick Claypool is a research director for Public Citizen's president's office, where he focuses on corporate crime and wrongdoing and the ways corporate power distorts democracy. Rick produces reports on a range of topics including federal enforcement against corporations, deregulation, and conflicts of interest. Rick has dug into records at the federal, state, county and city levels, and has presented research findings to national and international audiences.
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- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
Robert L. Stewart is a native of the historic Selma, Ala., where equity, social justice, and public service were instilled in him at a young age. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in accounting from Tuskegee University and earned a master's degree in accounting from Kennesaw State University.
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- President
- Ex - Officio, Public Citizen Foundation
Robert Weissman is a staunch public interest advocate and activist, as well as an expert on corporate and government accountability. He is available to discuss the effect of money on politics, economic and regulatory policy, corporate crime and wrongdoing, trade and globalization, financial reform, prescription drug pricing and access to the courts.
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- Digital Program Associate
Sally King is the digital program associate for Global Trade Watch.
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- Campaign Coordinator for the PeopleOverPentagon
- Campaign Coordinator, People over the Pentagon
Savannah Wooten is the Campaign Coordinator for the #PeopleOverPentagon campaign as she is a trained organizer and peacebuilder with a background in atrocity prevention, international human rights, civic engagement, campaigns, and program management.
Scott Nelson is an expert in issues of access to presidential records, Freedom of Information Act cases, campaign finance law, administrative law, OSHA standards, class action lawsuits, and practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Shauna is the Social Media Associate for Public Citizen. She is from Georgia and graduated from American University with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and Political Science.
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- Director of Human Resources and Administration
Steve Knievel is an advocate for Public Citizen's Access to Medicines program, focusing on expanding affordable access to medicines. Steve is an expert in policy matters affecting drug pricing and access to medicines in the United States. He brings to Public Citizen his knowledge and experience in domestic and international campaign work, including thorough policy analysis, lobbying, communications and coalition building.
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- Public Citizen Foundation / Read More / Close
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- Congress Watch Managing Director
Susan is the Managing Director for Public Citizen's Congress Watch division, where she helps coordinate all aspects of the division's advocacy across multiple issue campaigns - specializing in financial reform, tax issues, and open government initiatives.
As director of research at Public Citizen's Congress Watch division, Taylor Lincoln has authored or co-authored numerous reports on subjects concerning regulations, health care, worker safety and political spending, among other topics. Taylor has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, among other publications and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, NPR and other broadcast media outlets.
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- Retired - Special Projects
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- Policy Counsel for Public Citizen 's Climate Program
- Policy Counsel, Climate Program
Tracey Lewis is a policy counsel for Public Citizen's Climate Program, where she advocates for financial regulators to direct companies, banks, money managers, and other private actors to better identify and address the risks related to the climate crisis. Tracey has broad experience advising organizations on equity and environmental law and policy.
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- Director of Public Citizen 's Energy Program
- Director, Energy Program
Tyson Slocum is director of Public Citizen's Energy Program, covering the regulation of petroleum, natural gas and power markets. Tyson promotes an equitable energy transition that provides distributed renewable energy generation and sustainable transportation solutions for working families. Tyson Slocum is an expert in issues dealing with regulation and deregulation of energy markets, the impact of mergers and lax regulations over electricity, petroleum and natural gas and federal energy legislation.
Wendy Liu is an attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group, where her practice areas include open government, consumer law, and access to courts.
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- Policy Director for Public Citizen 's Climate Program
- Policy Director, Climate Program
Yevgeny Shrago is policy director for Public Citizen's Climate Program, where he advocates for financial regulators to direct companies, banks, money managers, and other private actors to better identify and address the risks related to the climate crisis. He has broad experience in financial regulations, regulatory law and policy, and protecting consumers.
Zachary Brown is a Program Associate for Public Citizen's Congress Watch division. Prior to joining Public Citizen, he was a deputy political campaign manager and a legal clerk.
Peter Maybarduk helps partners around the world overcome high-price pharmaceutical monopolies and secure the benefits of science, technology and culture for all. He is an intellectual property expert and is available to discuss drug pricing, trade and technology policy.
Zain Rizvi is an expert on pharmaceutical innovation and access to medicines. He has provided technical assistance to governments, investigated public rights in taxpayer-funded technologies, and analyzed neglected legal authorities to increase access to medicines.