CFA Staff

Issue Area Experts

Sharon Cornelissen
Sharon Cornelissen

Director of Housing

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Areas of Expertise
Housing GSE's Homeownership Mortgages Real Estate Brokerage
Michael Delong
Michael DeLong

Research and Advocacy Associate

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Areas of Expertise
Insurance Auto Insurance Federal Regulation Insurer Practices/Profits State Regulation
Corey Frayer
Corey Frayer

Director of Investor Protection

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Areas of Expertise
Investor Protection & Crypto Markets Corporate Governance Investment Products Investment Professionals Market Regulation
Thomas Gremillion
Thomas Gremillion

Director of Food Policy

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Areas of Expertise
Food & Agriculture Ag Policy/Food Prices Alcohol Food and Drug Administration Meat/Poultry Inspection Nutrition Other Food Safety Issues Safe Food Coalition
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Courtney Griffin

Director of Consumer Product Safety

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Areas of Expertise
Product Safety Consumer Health and Safety Consumer Product Safety Commission Off-Highway Vehicles
Doug Heller
Douglas Heller

Director of Insurance

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Areas of Expertise
Insurance Auto Insurance Federal Regulation Insurer Practices/Profits State Regulation
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Karim D. Marshall

Director of Climate & Energy

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Areas of Expertise
Climate & Energy Energy Affordability Appliance Efficiency and Product Standards
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Emily Peterson-Cassin

Director of Competition and Market Fairness

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Areas of Expertise
Airline Antitrust Auto Sales/Service Civil Justice Consumer Complaints Fraud Intellectual Property Rights Pricing/Disclosures Regulatory Reform Competition & Market Fairness
Adam Rust
Adam Rust

Director of Financial Services

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Areas of Expertise
Financial Services High-Cost Lending Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Payments & Credit Cards
Ben Winters
Ben Winters

Director of AI and Data Privacy

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Areas of Expertise
AI & Data Privacy Government Surveillance Data Security and Identity Protection Consumer Data Privacy

Operations & Management

Kimberly Fountain
Kimberly Fountain

Manager of Member Engagement and Board Support

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Emily Lindauer
Emily Lindauer

Director of Development

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Anna Marie Lowery

Director of Meetings and Events

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Katie Mccann
Katie McCann

Administrative and Advocacy Associate

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Nicholas Rubando

Communications Director

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Ethan Weiland

Research Associate

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America Saves Team

Kelly Mcdonald
Kelly McDonald

America Saves Communications Manager

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Amy Miller

Director of America Saves

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Areas of Expertise
Financial Management/Planning Saving Consumer Financial Education
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Krystel Spell

America Saves Manager of Military Programs

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Senior Fellows

Areas of Expertise
Telecom Media Concentration Telephone Competition & Market Fairness Antitrust Intellectual Property Rights Appliance Efficiency and Product Standards Energy Affordability
Areas of Expertise
Housing GSE's Mortgages Homeownership
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Robert Hunter

Insurance Director Emeritus

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Carol Tucker-Foreman

Food Policy Institute Distinguished Fellow

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Areas of Expertise
Financial Management/Planning Funerals