Common Cause

Justice at Stake logo

Common Cause

Justice at State

Common Cause is named as a partner of Justice at Stake, a partnership of progressive organizations putting pressure on America's courts to advance social justice.

Common Cause National Governing Board

As of December 2012;

• Robert Reich is the Chair of the National Governing Board
• Martha Tierney is the Vice Chair.
• Archibald Cox was Chairman Emeritus.

Full List of board members:

• Ric Bainter, Attorney; Former Chair, Common Cause California, San Diego, CA
• Benjamin Barber* Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos, New York, NY
• Craig Barnes, Esq., Author, playwright, radio host; Founder, Common Cause Colorado, Santa Fe, NM
• Olena Berg Placitas, New Mexico
• Emmet Bondurant, Sr. Partner, Bondurant, Mixson & Elsmore, Atlanta, GA
• Cornell William Brooks, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Newark, NJ
• Peter Butzin, Institute for School Innovation, Tallahassee, FL
• Gloria Rubio-Cortes, National Civic League, Denver, CO
• Dan Conley, Beacon Communications, Chicago, Illinois
• Butler Derrick, Partner, Nelson Mullins, Washington, DC
• Richard Dreyfuss, The Dreyfuss Initiative, Encinitas, CA
• Dr. Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause, Washington, DC
• Jonathan Fanton, Roosevelt House School of Public Policy, Hunter College, New York, NY
• Leonard Hill*, Leonard Hill Films, Los Angeles, CA
• William Hubbard, Center Development Corp, New York, NY
• Olga Kauffman, Director of Development & Community Affairs, Mexican American Unity Council, San Antonio, TX
• Peter Lauria*, Partner, Baker Tilly, Vienna, VA
• Marilyn Melkonian, Telesis Corporation, Washington, DC
• Lenny Mendonca, Director, McKinsey and Co., San Francisco, CA
• Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Professor of Law, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Harold Pachios*, Managing Partner, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, Portland, ME
• Chang K. Park, Founder and President, Universal Remote Control, Armonk, NY
• Nancy Ratzan, President, National Council of Jewish Women, Miami, FL
• Robert Reich, Professor, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Patricia Schroeder, Former Member of Congress, Celebration, FL
• Richard Stanley, Chairman, The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA
• Wes Tomer, CPA, Director, Veris Consulting, Inc. Reston, Virginia
• Martha Tierney*, Partner, Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey & Kahn, Denver, CO
• Tracy Westen, Vice-chair and CEO, Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA
• Alan Wiersba, Product Manager, Oracle Corp., Redwood City, CA

Also serves on the Common Cause Education Fund Board*.

Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration: Treating Disinformation as an Intersectional Threat

Common Cause signed a letter spearheaded by Accountable Tech headlined Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration: Treating Disinformation as an Intersectional Threat urging Joe Biden to "treat disinformation as a fundamental and intersectional threat" and proposes a range of supposed remedies to suppress speech on social media platforms, create and bolster federal government agencies to deal with "disinformation" and further to actively indoctrinate Americans, particularly in public schools.