Reggie James, Director
 Reggie
James is director of Consumers Union Southwest Office.
Reggie also directs the Consumer Outreach program, which
seeks to empower consumers to affect governmental policy
and market practices as well as overseeing the organization's
multi-state advocacy strategy. He is also director for
Consumers Union's www.NotinMyFood.org
campaign, that provides consumers with timely information
on food safety risks.
A nationally recognized advocate, Reggie
joined Consumers Union as a staff attorney in 1988 and
became Director of the Southwest Office in 1996. Reggie
holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio
and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Reggie
previously worked as a Hearing Examiner with the Texas
Youth Commission; was an engineering plant technician
for Thermonetics Inc.; and also served in the U.S. Navy
nuclear submarine service.
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Urvashi Rangan, Senior Scientist and Policy Analyst
 Urvashi
serves as a policy analyst, media spokesperson and advocate
on sustainability issues, accurate labeling and environmental
health concerns across a broad range of products including
food, organics, home products, cosmetic and cleaning
products. As a trained environmental health scientist
and toxicologist, she directs GreenerChoices.org,
Eco-labels.org,
and electronics recycling public education and advocacy
projects. One of her most recent successes was helping
the passage of landmark legislation in California that
bans the use of the “organic” label on fish
and seafood until federal standards are established.
Dr. Rangan received her B.A. in Chemistry
from Boston University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Environmental
Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins University in 1995.
From 1995-97, she did post-doctoral work at the Environmental
and Occupational Health Science Institute. She was a
NIH fellow from 1990-97.
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