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Jennifer Kim

Advocate
609-394-8155
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Jennifer Kim is the Advocate for NJPIRG Law & Policy Center based in Trenton. As advocate, Jennifer works on a variety of issues including consumer safety, public health, and transportation.

Gideon Weissman

Program Associate
(609) 394-8155 x313
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Mr. Weissman joined the organization as program associate in the fall of 2010.

Heather Plante

Administrative Director
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Ms. Plante has been the administrative director since December 2009.

Gary Kalman

Federal Policy Office Director
202-546-9707 x311
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Gary Kalman directs the federal affairs office in Washington, D.C.

Phineas Baxandall

Senior Analyst for Tax and Budget Policy
(617) 747-4351
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Mr. Baxandall oversees the state PIRGs’ tax and budget campaigns throughout the U.S., including campaigns for transportation reform.

Allison Cairo

Deputy Director
(312) 291-0349 x303
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Ms. Cairo is the Deputy Director of U.S. PIRG, overseeing the state PIRGs' work across the country to educate the public on important public interest issues.

Ed Mierzwinski

Consumer Program Director
202-546-9707 x314
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Ed Mierzwinski has been a consumer advocate in the Washington, D.C.-based federal lobbying office of the National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups since 1989.

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