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
Retired Director, Financial Access and Asset Building Program
National Appleseed
Vice Chair
Thomas C. Voice
Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan State University
Secretary
Joaquín Alvarado
Founder
StudioToBe
Treasurer
Martin Schneider
(through March 19, 2019)
Founder and CEO
Health Pages
Treasurer
Deborah A. Cowan
(Treasurer as of May 17, 2019)
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
NPR
Board Members
Marcia S. Aronoff
Retired Senior Vice President for Programs
Environmental Defense Fund
Robert E. Baensch
(through October 10, 2018)
President
Baensch International Group Ltd.
Barak Berkowitz
(as of October 10, 2018)
Director of Operations and Strategy
MIT Media Lab
Kathleen Engel
(as of October 10, 2018)
Research Professor of Law
Suffolk University
Joanne Hovis
(as of October 10, 2018)
President
CTC Technology & Energy
Edmund Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director
United States Public Interest Research Group
Willard P. Ogburn
Senior Fellow
National Consumer Law Center
A. Yesim Orhun
Associate Professor
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Betsy D. Scolnik
Digital and Communications Strategist
Andrew Sharpless
(through May 28, 2019)
CEO
Oceana
Micah L. Sifry
Co-founder and President
Civic Hall
Calvin Sims
President and CEO
International House
Latanya Sweeney
(through June 7, 2018)
Professor of Governance and Technology and Director of the Data Privacy Lab
Harvard University
Ellen Taus
Retired Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
The Rockefeller Foundation
Thomas A. Wathen
(through October 10, 2018)
Vice President
Environmental Group
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Marta L. Tellado, Ph.D.
ex officio Board member
President & CEO
Consumer Reports
