Board of Directors
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.
Board Officers
Chair
Annette LoVoi
Financial Access and Asset Building Director
National Appleseed
Vice Chair
Thomas C. Voice
Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan State University, College of Engineering
Secretary
Joaquín Alvarado
Founder
StudioToBe
Treasurer
Martin Schneider
Founder and CEO
Health Pages
Board Members
Diane Archer
(through October 27, 2017)
Founder and President
Just Care
Marcia Aronoff
Retired Senior Vice President for Programs
Environmental Defense Fund
Robert E. Baensch
President
Baensch International Group Ltd.
Deborah A. Cowan
Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
NPR
Heather McGhee
(through October 27, 2017)
President
Demos
Edmund Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director
United States Public Interest Research Group
Craig Newmark
(through October 27, 2017)
Founder
craigslist and craigconnects.org
Willard P. Ogburn
Senior Fellow
National Consumer Law Center
A. Yesim Orhun
Assistant Professor
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Betsy D. Scolnik
Content Development, Distribution, Digital and Communications Strategist
Andrew Sharpless
(as of October 25, 2017)
CEO
Oceana
Micah L. Sifry
Co-founder and Executive Director, Civic Hall
Co-founder, Personal Democracy Media
Calvin Sims
(as of October 25, 2017)
President and CEO
International House
Latanya Sweeney
Professor of Governance and Technology and
Director of the Data Privacy Lab
Harvard University
Ellen Taus
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
The Rockefeller Foundation
Thomas A. Wathen
Vice President
Environmental Group
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Marta L. Tellado, Ph.D.
ex officio Board member
President & CEO
Consumer Reports