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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 S. 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*.