http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/etherton Laura Etherton is OSPIRG's Advocate. She is responsible for coordinating the organization’s policy development, research and legislative advocacy. She led OSPIRG’s efforts to reduce prescription drug costs through expansion of a purchasing pool, the Oregon Prescription Drug Program. She also led OSPIRG’s efforts to enact payday loan consumer protections at the local and state levels, and authored the 2006 study Predatory Lending in Lane County. Laura joined OSPIRG staff in 1995 as campus organizer, and served as Administrative Director beginning in 1996. As Field Director from 2001-2005, Laura led the organization’s field efforts to stop the rollbacks of the nation’s landmark environmental laws, including fighting proposals to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and defending the Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect nearly 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon. She is a 1993 graduate of Macalester College. http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/etherton Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:55:58 -0500 http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/kalman Gary Kalman is OSPIRG's Democracy Advocate. Based in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. PIRG, the Federation of State PIRGs, he writes and advocates on campaign finance and election reform. Gary returned to the PIRGs in 2005, having started his career as a field organizer. He served for several years as Deputy Director for the ACLU of http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/kalman Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:07:57 -0500 http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/fazlullah Amina Fazlullah is a Media Reform Advocate and staff attorney with OSPIRG specializing in media, technology and digital consumer rights. Based in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. PIRG, the Federation of State PIRGs, she works on the organization's efforts to advance media reform goals to ensure diversity of viewpoints, protect localism, and prevent the monopolization of the country’s media outlets. Ms. Fazlullah also monitors the FCC, FTC and http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/fazlullah Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:08:25 -0500 http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/wallace Matt Wallace is OSPIRG’s consumer associate, advocating the public interest on a range of issues including mortgage lending, prescription drug costs and safety, and media reform. Matt joined staff in 2007 after serving as an environmental associate with the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WisPIRG), where he lead a campaign to reduce mercury emissions from the state’s power plants. He has been involved with OSPIRG and the state PIRGs since 2001, working on grassroots fundraising campaigns, later becoming a student leader with the Portland State University Chapter of the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group. In addition to his policy work on mercury contamination, Matt also brings to OSPIRG his experience as director of a citizen outreach office in Des Moines, IA. Matt is a native Texan, and grew up in various cities including Richland, WA. He graduated from Portland State University in 2006. http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/wallace Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:26:10 -0500 http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/rinehart Vincent Rinehart is OSPIRG’s Administrator. He assists with the day to day operations of the organization and provides program support to OSPIRG’s Advocates. He joined staff in 2006, bringing with him experience in accounting and non-profit administration. Mr. Rinehart grew up in Alaska and graduated from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon in 2003. http://www.ospirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/rinehart Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:26:40 -0500