Board

Our board is made up of 19 individuals with a passion for protecting and advancing the interests of consumers. Each board member serves a three-year term. Board service requires significant commitments of time and no compensation is provided.

2014-2015

• Diane Archer

• Chair
• Founder and President, JustCare

• Thomas A. Wathen

• Vice Chair
• Deputy Director
• Pew Environment Group

• Deborah A. Cowan

• Treasurer
• Chief Financial Officer and
• Vice President of Finance
• NPR

• Thomas C. Voice

• Secretary
• Professor and Director,
• Environmental Engineering Program
• Michigan State University

• Joaquin Alvarado

• CEO
• The Center for Investigative Reporting

• Marcia Aronoff

• Retired Senior Vice President for Programs
• Environmental Defense Fund

• Robert E. Baensch

• Director, Publishing Programs
• SUNY Global Center, New York

• Robert Anthony Benten

• Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller
• The New York Times

• Anthony Iton, M.D.

• Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities
• The California Endowment

• Carol Izumi

• Clinical Professor of Law
• University of California,
• Hastings College of the Law

• Annette LoVoi

• Director, Financial Access and
• Asset Building Program
• National Appleseed

• Heather McGhee

• President
• Demos

• Ed Mierzwinski

• Consumer Program Director
• United States Public Interest Research Group

• Craig Newmark

• Founder
• craigslist and craigconnects.org

• Willard P. Ogburn

• Executive Director
• National Consumer Law Center

• Martin Schneider

• Founder
• Health Pages

• Betsy Scolnik

• Digital and Communications Strategist

• Micah Sifry

• Co-founder, Editor, and Curator
• Personal Democracy Media

• Marta L. Tellado, Ph.D.

• (ex officio member)
• President & CEO
• Consumer Reports