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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAIC NAMES 2013 CONSUMER LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 21, 2012) — The National
Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 29 consumer
liaison representatives for 2013. The 20 funded and nine unfunded consumer
representatives begin their terms Jan. 1, 2013. All 20 of the funded
consumer representatives participated in the program in 2012.
Established in 1992, the program promotes consumer interaction with the
NAIC’s members, the insurance industry and interested parties through the
individuals’ dedication and commitment to serving the public interest.
“This program recognizes the importance of consumer viewpoints in our
regulatory discussions,” said Jim Donelon, NAIC President-Elect and
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner. “The consumer liaison representatives
provide valuable insight that is instrumental in our goal to improve the
insurance regulatory system.”
"I have had the privilege of working closely for many years with
the nation's consumer representatives who participate in our programs and
conferences," said Wayne Goodwin, Chairman of the NAIC Consumer
Participation Board of Trustees and North Carolina Insurance Commissioner.
"I'm very pleased with the credentials, expertise and energy presented
by our newly appointed consumer representative appointments, and
congratulate them for offering themselves for this public service."
The following are the 2013 NAIC funded consumer liaison representatives:
Elizabeth Abbott: Project Director, Health Access
Amy Bach: Executive Director, United Policyholders
Birny Birnbaum: Center for Economic Justice
Brendan M. Bridgeland: Director, Center for Insurance
Research
Bonnie Burns: Training and Policy Specialist, California
Health Advocate
Sabrina Corlette: Research Professor, Georgetown
University Health Policy Institute
Brenda J. Cude: Professor, University of Georgia
Joseph P. Ditre': Executive Director, Consumers for
Affordable Health Care
Kathleen Gmeiner: Project Director, UHCAN Ohio
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost: Professor, Washington and Lee
University School of Law
Karrol Kitt: Associate Professor, University of Texas at
Austin
Peter Kochenburger: Executive Director, Insurance Law
Center, University of Connecticut School of Law
Sonja L. Larkin-Thorne: Consumer Advocate
Adam Linker: Health Policy Analyst, North Carolina Justice
Center
Sarah Lueck: Health Policy Analyst, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities
Jennifer Mishory: Deputy Director, Young Invincibles
Andrea Routh: Executive Director, Missouri Health Advocacy
Alliance
Daniel Schwarcz: Associate Professor of Law, University of
Minnesota Law School
Barbara Yondorf: Board Member, Colorado Consumer Health
Initiative
Cindy Zeldin: Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy
Future
In addition, there are nine unfunded consumer representatives (7 returning
from 2012 and 2 new as noted with an asterisk*):
Christine Barber: Senior Policy Analyst, Community
Catalyst*
Stephen Finan: Senior Director of Policy, American Cancer
Society Cancer Action Network
Carrie Fitzgerald: Senior Policy Advisor for Health, First
Focus
Howard Goldblatt: Director of Government Affairs,
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Marguerite Herman: Project Healthcare, Consumer Advocates
Stephanie Mohl: Government Relations Manager, American
Heart Association
Lincoln Nehring: Senior Health Policy Analyst, Voices for
Utah Children*
Lynn Quincy: Senior Policy Analyst, Consumers Union
Stuart Spielman: Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel, Autism
Speaks
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About the NAIC
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is the U.S.
standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed
by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of
Columbia and five U.S. territories. Through the NAIC, state insurance
regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer review, and
coordinate their regulatory oversight. NAIC staff supports these efforts
and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and
internationally. NAIC members, together with the central resources of the
NAIC, form the national system of state-based insurance regulation in the
U.S. For more information, visit www.naic.org.
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