Americans for Financial Reform

Americans for Financial Reform is a coalition of more than 250 national, state and local groups who have come together to reform the financial industry.

Members of our coalition include consumer, civil rights, investor, retiree, community, labor, religious and business groups as well as Nobel prize winning economists.

European connection

In the wake of the economic crisis, the Party of European Socialists joined Europeans for Financial Reform (EFFR), a coalition of NGOs, foundations and civil society actors that demand a stronger regulation of financial markets. In order to push for such a regulation world-wide, EFFR cooperates with its US partner Americans for Financial Reform..

Personnel

Staff, 2010

• Heather Booth – Executive Director

• Lisa Donner – Deputy Director

• Eileen Toback – Communications & Mobilization Director

• Kimberly Miller – Policy Coordinator

• Dana Chasin – Legislative and Policy Liaison

• Leslie Kramerich – Legislative and Policy Liaison

• Farid Ben Amor – Field Coordinator

• Grace Garner – Chief Operating Officer

• Sean Rutledge – Lead Organizer, Fly-In Days

• Adam Birka-White – Legislation and Policy Coordinator, Fly-In Days

• Houston Stokes – Intern

Web Team:

• Sarah Byrnes, Americans for Fairness in Lending

• Sally Brzozowski, Americans for Fairness in Lending

Field Team (State Directors Only)

• Arkansas: Neil Sealy

• Colorado: Carolyn Siegel

• Delaware: Greg Wilson

• Indiana: Ronetta Spalding

• Louisiana: Alex Morgan

• Massachusetts: Lizzi Weyant

• Maine: Jesse Graham

• Maine: Sarah Standiford

• Missouri: Jeff Ordower

• Missouri: Kay Mills

• Montana: Jessica Grennan

• Nebraska: Barry Rubin

• Nebraska: Jane Fleming Kleeb

• North Dakota: Donald McFarland
• Nevada: Samantha Galing Gaddy

• Ohio: Brian Rothenberg

• South Dakota: Steve Jarding

• South Dakota: Chas Jewett

• Tennessee: Dave Cooley

• Virginia: Jenny Lawson

Executive Committee

• Heather Booth – Americans for Financial Reform
• Stephen Abrecht – Service Employees International Union
• Gary Kalman – U.S. PIRG
• Nancy Zirkin/Lisa Rice – Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/National Fair Housing Alliance
• Rob Johnson – Roosevelt Institute
• James Carr – National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Steering Committee

• Maureen Thompson – The Hastings Group

• Stephen Abrecht – Service Employees International Union

• David Arkush – Public Citizen

• Heather Booth – Americans for Financial Reform

• Janis Bowdler – National Council of La Raza

• James Carr – National Community Reinvestment Coalition

• Alan Charney – USAction

• Nita Chaudhary – MoveOn.org Political Action

• Richard Ferlauto – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

• George Goehl – National People’s Action/National Training and Information Center

• Rob Johnson – Roosevelt Institute

• Gary Kalman – U.S. PIRG

• Robert Kuttner – Demos

• Daniel Pedrotty – AFL-CIO

• Travis Plunkett – Consumer Federation of America

• Lisa Rice – National Fair Housing Alliance

• Ryan Wilson – AARP

• Nancy Zirkin – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Task Forces

• Policy and Legislation – Facilitated by Susan Weinstock (Consumer Federation of America)
• Field, Mobilization and Outreach – Facilitated by Bill Ragen (Service Employees International Union)
• Communications – Facilitated by Caren Benjamin (Americans United for Change)