Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports

Rich Gannon is the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit product-testing and research organization that publishes Consumer Reports magazine and ConsumerReports.org. Mr. Gannon is responsible for overseeing Consumers Union's financial, information systems and risk management activities and respective operations including accounting, information technology, business planning and analysis, treasury, and financial systems.

Before joining Consumers Union in 2003, Mr. Gannon worked for Gartner Inc., a leading global IT research and advisory firm in Stamford, CT. As Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Research and Advisory Services, he was responsible for overseeing operational and financial initiatives of diverse business units. He was also responsible for forecasting activities, project management, strategy development and managing cross-business initiatives.

Prior to his role as SVP/COO at Gartner, Mr. Gannon served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, North America. In that role, he was responsible for managing all corporate and North American financial operations including business planning and analysis, budgeting, accounting, client financial services, management and SEC reporting, tax, treasury, and financial systems.

Before joining Gartner in 1996, Mr. Gannon spent twelve years in public accounting, the last eight with Price Waterhouse LLP in the New York-metro region.

Mr. Gannon is a CPA and a graduate of the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, where he earned his B.S. degree in Accounting.