Experience

Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP)

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Director of Program and Policy

  • Mar 2002 - Present

  I draw on over 30 years of experience working in the social change arena as a political organizer and lobbyist on women’s health issues to create and oversee BCPP's cutting-edge program work. Under my leadership, the organization’s legislative advocacy efforts and market-based campaigns are playing an important role in making breast cancer prevention a priority in statehouses and the halls of Congress, and have resulted in the passage of some of the nation’s most important environmental health legislation including the nation’s first municipal precautionary principle ordinance and statewide biomonitoring program; the California Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005 which forces companies to disclose cancer-causing chemicals and reproductive toxins in cosmetics sold in the state; and a historic, federal ban on phthalates in toys and childcare articles. I am a co-founder of and coordinate BCPP's Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and our Cans Not Cancer Campaign. Show less



Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

• Director

  • 2004 - Present

  Since 2004, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has used smarts and sass to pressure the cosmetics industry to make safer products. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics coalition, a project of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (formerly the Breast Cancer Fund), works to protect the health of consumers, workers and the environment through public education and engagement, corporate accountability and sustainability campaigns and legislative advocacy designed to eliminate dangerous chemicals linked to adverse health impacts from cosmetics and personal care products. The Campaign has educated millions of people about the problem of toxic chemicals in cosmetics, which has led to an increased demand for safer products in the marketplace. Now hundreds of cosmetic companies fully disclose ingredients and avoid the use of cancer-causing chemicals, reproductive toxicants and other unsafe chemicals, demonstrating these practices are not only possible, but profitable. Retailers, too, are becoming part of the solution by requiring the national brands they sell to eliminate chemicals of concern and practice a higher level of ingredient transparency. There is no doubt that the multi-billion dollar cosmetics industry is safer now than before the Campaign was launched. But there’s still more work to do to get toxic chemicals out of the cosmetics we use each day. Show less



Medea Benjamin for MUD Board

• Campaign Manager

  • Aug 2001 - Nov 2001

  Campaign manager for Media Benjamin who was running for a seat on the San Francisco Municipal Utility District Board of Directors. This was a local city/county election. The ballot initiative that would have created the M.U.D. was defeated. Campaign manager for Media Benjamin who was running for a seat on the San Francisco Municipal Utility District Board of Directors. This was a local city/county election. The ballot initiative that would have created the M.U.D. was defeated.



CREDO Mobile

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Political Director

  • 1997 - 2001

  Designed, implemented and managed one of the country's largest progressive political action programs encouraging citizen activism on a broad array of state and national issues. Designed, implemented and managed one of the country's largest progressive political action programs encouraging citizen activism on a broad array of state and national issues.



Family Violence Prevention Fund

• Health Resource Center Director

  • Dec 1990 - Jul 1997

  I was the director of the Fund's Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and also co-led its "National Health Initiative on Domestic Violence," both of which sought to provide tools and resources to health care providers so they were able to better screen, identify and assist battered women who came through their pratices, hospitals or clinics. I was the director of the Fund's Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and also co-led its "National Health Initiative on Domestic Violence," both of which sought to provide tools and resources to health care providers so they were able to better screen, identify and assist battered women who came through their pratices, hospitals or clinics.



WashPIRG

• Washington Coordinator

  • 1983 - 1984