Experts
The Coalition for Sensible Safeguards is led by a variety of issue experts, who are available to discuss the crucial need for public protections and the unconscionable efforts to delay and block vital standards and safeguards. If you would like to speak with one of our experts, please contact David Rosen at drosen@citizen.org or reach out to the press office at the appropriate organization.
Coalition Leadership
- Rachel Weintraub, Coalition for Sensible Safeguards
Expertise: regulatory process and legislation, consumer product safety - Robert Weissman, Public Citizen (co-chair)
Expertise: regulatory process and legislation, financial safeguards, big tech, global trade - Susan Weinstock, Consumer Federation of America (co-chair)
Expertise: financial safeguards - Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen
Expertise: regulatory process and legislation, appropriations riders, big tech, financial safeguards - James Goodwin, Center for Progressive Reform
Expertise: regulatory process and legislation, environment - Michell McIntyre, Union of Concerned Scientists
Expertise: regulatory process and legislation, scientific integrity, environment - Bitsy Skerry, Public Citizen
Expertise: regulatory process and legislation - Rebecca Reindel, AFL-CIO
Expertise: worker protections
Additional Experts
- David Arkush, Public Citizen
Expertise: climate - Catherine Chase, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Expertise: transportation safety - Jeffrey Chester, Center for Digital Democracy
Expertise: technology, digital privacy - Daniel Costa, Economic Policy Institute
Expertise: immigration, wages, worker protections, farmworkers - Lisa Donner, Americans for Financial Reform
Expertise: financial safeguards - Carolyn Fast, The Century Foundations
Expertise: education consumer protection - Rachel Gittleman, Consumer Federation of America
Expertise: financial safeguards - Brielle Green, Earthjustice
Expertise: environment, regulatory process and legislation - Thomas Gremillion, Consumer Federation of America
Expertise: food safety - Micah Hauptman, Consumer Federation of America
Expertise: financial safeguards - Craig Holman, Public Citizen
Expertise: campaign finance, ethics, lobbying - Frank Knapp, American Sustainable Business Network
Expertise: small businesses, entrepreneurs, innovation - David Levine, American Sustainable Business Network
Expertise: small businesses, entrepreneurs, innovation - Mike Litt, U.S. PIRG
Expertise: consumer financial protection, digital privacy - Celine McNicholas, Economic Policy Institute
Expertise: economy, jobs, wages, worker protections - Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. PIRG
Expertise: consumer protection - Kyle K. Moore, Economic Policy Institute
Expertise: public health, economy, jobs, wages, racial economic disparities - Bart Naylor, Public Citizen
Expertise: financial safeguards - Emily Peterson-Cassin, Public Citizen
Expertise: big tech, digital privacy - Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute
Expertise: jobs, economy, wages, worker protections, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory process - Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen
Expertise: energy - Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen
Expertise: global trade - Kyra Taylor, National Consumer Law Center
Expertise: student loans - Valerie Wilson, Economic Policy Institute
Expertise: economy, jobs, wages, worker protections, racial economic disparities - Erin Witte, Consumer Federation of America
Expertise: consumer protection, auto finance - Sidney Wolfe, Public Citizen
Expertise: public health, prescription drug safety - Allison Zieve, Public Citizen
Expertise: law and litigation