Vice President for External Affairs and Information Services
Chris Meyer is Vice President for External Affairs and Information Services for Consumers Union (CU), an expert, independent,
nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just and safe marketplace for consumers. CU publishes Consumer Reports and ConsumerReports.org.
Chris is responsible for management and oversight of multi-state campaigns, community building and grassroots initiatives
and activism. In addition, he explores new initiatives in consumer education. Chris supervises campaign staff in CU's Yonkers,
NY headquarters and its regional offices in Austin, Texas and San Francisco, California.
Prior to his promotion to Vice President for External Affairs and Information Services in 2006, Chris was Senior Director,
Public Policy and Advocacy for Consumers Union.
Before joining Consumers Union in October 2004, Mr. Meyer worked for two decades as an organizer, lobbyist and, from 1997
to 2004, as executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), New York State's largest consumer,
environmental and government reform organization. Mr. Meyer developed an expertise on public health issues, including lead
poisoning prevention, drinking water quality and tobacco control. He oversaw statewide campaigns on increased higher education
funding and the successful 1996 environmental bond initiative, and was lead lobbyist on efforts to defeat construction of
garbage-burning incinerators in New York City in the early 1990's.
Mr. Meyer was named "Best Lobbyist" by New York Magazine in 1993 and was quoted regularly in The New York Times and other New York City and State electronic and print media on good government issues.
Mr. Meyer is a graduate of Haverford College and the New York University School of Law.
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