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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAIC NAMES 2012 CONSUMER LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 21, 2011) — The National
Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) named 28 consumer liaison
representatives for 2012. The 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer
representatives begin their terms Jan. 1, 2012. Fifteen of the funded
consumer representatives participated in the program in 2011, while three
are new to the NAIC program.
Established in 1992, the program promotes consumer interaction with NAIC
members, the insurance industry and interested parties through the
individuals’ dedication and commitment to serving the public interest.
“The consumer liaison program continues to be an integral part of our
consumer protection initiatives,” said Kevin M. McCarty, NAIC
President-Elect and Florida Insurance Commissioner. “The representatives
provide valuable perspectives and expertise that help improve the insurance
regulatory system for all consumers.”
The following are the 2012 NAIC funded consumer liaison representatives:
Elizabeth Abbott: Project Director, Health Access
Amy Bach: Executive Director, United Policyholders
Deeia Beck: Public Counsel, Office of Public Insurance
Counsel/Texas
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
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost: Professor, Washington and Lee
University School of Law
Kathleen Gmeiner: Project Director, UHCAN Ohio*
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, Avon, CT
Sarah Lueck: Health Policy Analyst, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities
Jennifer Mishory: Deputy Director, Young Invincibles*
Andrea J. Routh: Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance*
Daniel Schwarcz: Associate Professor of Law, University of
Minnesota Law School
Barbara Yondorf: President: Colorado Consumer Health
Initiative
* New NAIC funded consumer representative in 2012
In addition, there are 10 unfunded consumer representatives (5
returning from 2011 and 5 new as noted with an asterisk):
Birny Birnbaum: Executive Director, Center for Economic
Justice*
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: Consumer Advocate, Project Healthcare*
Adam Linker: Health Policy Analyst, North Carolina Justice
Center*
Stephanie Mohl: Government Relations Manager, American
Heart Association
Lynn Quincy: Senior Policy Analyst, Consumers Union
Stuart Spielman: Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel, Autism
Speaks
Cindy Zeldin: Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy
Future*
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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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