Board

Our board is comprised of 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.

2015-2016

• Diane Archer

• Chair
• Founder and President
• Just Care

• Anthony B. Iton, M.D.

• (served through May 2016)
• Vice Chair
• Senior Vice President, Health Communities
• The California Endowment

• Deborah A. Cowan

• Treasurer
• Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
• NPR

• Thomas C. Voice

• Secretary
• Professor and Graduate Director
• Civil and 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

• President
• Baensch International Group Ltd.

• R. Anthony Benten

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

• Carol Izumi

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

• Annette LoVoi

• Financial Access and Asset Building Director
• National Appleseed

• Heather McGhee

• President
• Demos

• Edmund Mierzwinski

• Consumer Program Director
• United States Public Interest Research Group

• Craig Newmark

• Founder
• craigslist and craigconnects.org

• Willard P. Ogburn

• Senior Fellow
• National Consumer Law Center

• Martin Schneider

• Founder and CEO
• Health Pages

• Betsy D. Scolnik

• Content Development, Distribution, Digital and Communications Strategist

• Micah Sifry

• Co-founder and Executive Director, Civic Hall
• Co-founder, Personal Democracy Media

• Thomas A. Wathen

• Vice President
• Environment - The Americas
• The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Marta L. Tellado, Ph.D.

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