The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent agency of the United States government. The CPSC seeks to promote the safety of consumer products by addressing "unreasonable risks" of injury;developing uniform safety standards;and conducting research into product-related illness and injury. In part due to its small size,the CPSC attempts to coordinate with outside parties—including companies and consumer advocates—to leverage resources and expertise to achieve outcomes that advance consumer safety. The agency was created by section 4 of the Consumer Product Safety Act in 1972. The agency reports to Congress and the President;it is not part of any other department or agency in the federal government. The CPSC has five commissioners,who are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate for staggered seven-year terms. Historically,the commission was often run by three commissioners or fewer. Since 2009,however,the agency has generally been led by five commissioners,one of whom serves as chairman. The commissioners set policy for the CPSC. The CPSC is headquartered in Bethesda,Maryland.
Inez Tenenbaum is an American lawyer and politician who served as South Carolina Superintendent of Education and as chairperson of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In 2016,she joined a law firm. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dykema Gossett PLLC,is an American full-service law firm. Founded and headquartered in Detroit,it has offices in various locations around the United States including California,Illinois,Michigan,Minnesota,Texas,Washington,D.C.,and Wisconsin. Dykema's largest office is in Chicago but its combined Southeast Michigan offices are collectively larger. As of 2020,it was the 118th largest law firm in the nation.
Thomas Hill Moore was a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,an independent agency of the U.S. federal government. He was first appointed to the commission by President Bill Clinton in 1995 to complete an unexpired term and was reappointed by Clinton to a full seven-year term in 1996. Moore was appointed to a third term by President George W. Bush in 2003. This term expired in 2010. He served an additional year after the expiration of his term,as commissioners are permitted to do until their successors are appointed.
Nancy Ann Nord is an American former commissioner of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). She served alongside Hal Stratton,Anne Northup,and Ann Marie Buerkle.
David Claudio Iglesias is a Panamanian-American attorney from Albuquerque,New Mexico.
The Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor,or Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer,is an organization of the Mexican government led by on the Attorney General. Mexico became the second Latin American nation to pass a Federal Consumer Protection Law,on February 5,1976,and later became the first to create an Office for the Prosecutor. By 1982,the Office had 32 representations,one in each state and one in the Federal District. PROFECO has in total 51 offices all over the republic,and its main office is in Mexico City. The most recent reform of this federal law was signed by the Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto at the beginning of 2018.
Brian S. Colón is an American lawyer and politician who served as the New Mexico state auditor from 2019 to 2023. He is the former chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico. In 2010,he ran for and lost his bid for Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico. He has chaired Popejoy Hall's board of directors and has served with the board of trustees for the Albuquerque Community Foundation. On November 6,2018,he defeated Republican Wayne Johnson in the general election for New Mexico state auditor. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Attorney General of New Mexico in the 2022 election.
Joseph Cervantes is an American attorney in private practice in Las Cruces,New Mexico,and currently a member of the New Mexico Senate,representing the 31st District since 2012.
The Rio Grande Foundation is a free market economic policy think tank and taxpayer watchdog group based in Albuquerque,New Mexico. It is affiliated with the U.S. nationwide State Policy Network. It was founded in 2000 by Hal Stratton,a former state representative and Attorney General of New Mexico,and Harry Messenheimer,an economist then at George Mason University. Paul Gessing became president in 2006. The group is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
Pamela B. Gilbert is an American lawyer and has been a partner of the law firm Cuneo Gilbert &LaDuca,LLP since 2003,where she heads the firm's lobbying practice. Gilbert is a noted consumer rights advocate who has testified before Congress over fifty times and made dozens of appearances in the national print and electronic media. Gilbert leads the Committee to Support Antitrust laws (COSAL),an organization supportive of antitrust legislation.
Ann Marie Buerkle is an American nurse,attorney,and politician. She served as a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) beginning in July 2013 and was the agency's acting chairman from February 2017 to September 2019. During her tenure,the number of companies fined declined sharply,and she was criticized by consumer advocates. Buerkle’s public service career stalled after accusations of mismanagement and incompetence. Buerkle was an Assistant New York State Attorney General from 1997 through 2010. She served as the U.S. representative for the New York's 25th congressional district,elected in 2010 in an upset of a Democratic incumbent. In a rematch of her 2010 contest,Buerkle was defeated by former Congressman Dan Maffei. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Richard D. McLellan is a lawyer at McLellan Law Offices PLLC. He has served as Chairman of the Michigan Law Revision Commission since 1986. He argued on the side of the appellee in the United States Supreme Court case Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce,494 U.S. 652 (1990).
Robert S. Adler is a consumer advocate in the United States. He was a member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,and recently served as its acting chairman from October 2019 to October 2021. He is a Democrat,and became acting chair due to a surprise vote crossing party lines from former acting chair Ann Marie Buerkle.
Elliot F. Kaye is a former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He served as a commissioner of the agency from 2014 through 2021,and was chairman from 2014 to 2017 under the Obama administration,directing the U.S. government's oversight and recall of everyday products that can cause injury or death.
Joseph P. Mohorovic was a member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He resigned from the Commission effective October 20,2017,to join a law firm and work in Chicago and Washington,D.C.
Marietta Sebree "Marti" Robinson is an American lawyer and former political candidate in Michigan and California. She is a former Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Peter A. Feldman is an American lawyer and currently serves as a member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Feldman was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2018. Previously,he served as a senior counsel to the Commerce Committee in the U.S. Senate. Feldman is a Republican,and worked as a staffer for various Republican senators.
Raúl Torrez is an American lawyer and politician from New Mexico. A member of the Democratic Party,Torrez is the Attorney General of New Mexico.
Richard Louis Trumka Jr. is an American lawyer and government official. He is currently a member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,serving since December 2021.
