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TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue Inaugural Meeting, September 1998, Washington

Meeting Participants List

European Union Participants
Consumer Committee members

Koos Anderson
Head of International Affairs

Consumentenbond
Consumers Association, the Netherlands
Representing Dutch organisations

Francisco Javier Angelina
Presidente

Consejo de Consumidores y Usuarios
Council for Consumers and Users, Spain
Representing Spanish organisations

Anna Ciaperoni
Secretary General

CES - ETUC

Maicen Ekman
Secretary General

Sveriges Konsumentrad
Swedish Consumer Council
Representing Swedish organisations

Benedicte Federspiel
Executive Director

Forbrugerrådet
The Consumer Council, Denmark
Representing Danish organisations

Kitty Harlin

Irish Countrymens Association
Representing Irish organisations

Dirk Klasen
Economic Adviser

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Verbraucherverbände e.V. (AgV)
Association of Consumers' Union, Germany
Representing German organisations

Susanne Knox
Chairman

Consumers in Europe Group (CEG)
Representing UK organisations

Mireille Leroy
Vice President

Institut Europeen Interregional de la Consommation (IEIC)
European Interregional Institute for Consumer Affairs (EIICA)

Serge Maucq
Director Lobby and Press

Association des Consommateurs/Verbruikersunie (Test-Achats)
Belgium Consumers Association
Representing Belgium organisations

Isabel Mendes Cabecadas

Associacao Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor (DECO)
Portuguese Association for Consumer's Protection
Representing Portuguese organisations

Noel Molisse
Head of Studies

COFACE
Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union

Gérard Montant
Secretary General

INDECOSA-CGT (Association pour l'Information et la Défense des Consommateurs), France
Representing French organisations

Jim Murray
Director

Bureau Europeen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC)
European Consumers Organisation

Caroline Naett
Secretary General

EUROCOOP

Sotirios Paschalidis

Kentro Prostasias Kantanaloton (KEPKA)
Consumers' Protection Centre, Greece
Representing Greek organisations

Aloyse Schmitz
International Affairs

Union Luxembourgeoise des Consommateurs (ULC)
Consumers Union of Luxembourg
Representing Luxembourg organisations

Hannes Spitalsky
Director

Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI)
Consumers Association of Austria
Representing Austrian organisations

Sinikka Tellervo Turunen
Director

Suomen Kuluttajaliitto
The Finnish Consumers' Association
Representing Finnish organisations

European Union Experts

Anna Bartolini
Special Adviser to Mrs Bonino's

Cabinet of Mrs Bonino European Commission

Roberto Brunelli
General Secretary

Movimento Consumatori, Italy
Consumers Movement

Ann Davison
Director

European Research into Consumer Affairs (ERICA)
EU Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC)

Bruce Farquahar
Secretary General

ANEC
European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation in Standardization

Helen Goulielmou
President

EKPIZO, Greece
Consumers Association - The Quality of Life

Eva Matt
Head of Documentation/Liason Officer

Verein fur Konsumenteninformation (VKI)
Consumers Association of Austria

Sheila McKechnie
Director

Consumers' Association, UK

Marie Jose Nicoli
President

Union Federale Des Consommateurs-Que (UFC)
Federal Consumers' Union of France

Carlos Sanchez Reyes
President

Organizacion de Consumidores y Usarios (OCU)
Organisation for Consumers and Users, Spain

Peter Sieber
Technical Director

Stiftung Warentest, Germany

Robin Simpson
Deputy Director

National Consumer Council, UK

US Participants

Stephen Brobeck
Executive Director

Consumer Federation of America

Clarence Ditlow
Executive Director

Center for Auto Safety

Mary Ellen Fise
General Counsel

Consumers Federation of America

Linda Golodner
President

National Consumers League

Ned Groth
Director, Tech. Policy & Public Service

Consumers Union

Jean Halloran
Director, Consumer Policy Institute

Consumers Union

Paul Hazen
Chief Executive Officer & President

National Cooperative Business Association

Michael Jacobson
Executive Director

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Arthur Jaeger
Executive Director

Public Voice for Food and Health Policy

Larry Kaplan
President

National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators

Rhoda Karpatkin
President

Consumers Union

Rodney Leonard
Executive Director

Community Nutrition Institute

Jamie Love
Director, Taxpayer Assets Project

Centre for Study of Reponsive Law

Robert Mayer

American Council on Consumer Interests

Ken McEldowney
Executive Director

Consumer Action

Anita Metzen
Executive Director

American Council on Consumer Interests

Edmund Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director

U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG)

Willard Ogburn
Executive Director

National Consumer Law Center, Inc.

Mark Ritchie*

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Mark Silbergeld
Co Director

Consumers Union

Bruce Silverglade
Director of Legal Affairs

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Katrina Smith Sloan
Group Leader-Applied Gerontology

American Association of Retired Persons

Jane Wheeler
Assistant Attorney General, Director

National Association of Attorneys General

International Participants

Julian Edwards
Director General

Consumers International

Anna Fielder
Director - Programme for Developed Economies

Consumers International

European Union Observers

Catherine Bunyan

European Commission Delegation

Jens Nymand Christensen
Head of Unit

European Commission

Carlo Corazzo
Cabinate of Emma Bonino

European Commission

Hans Demel
Director

Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria

Ilona Graenitz
MEP

Member of the European Parliament

Eric Hayes
Head of Unit: Relations with the US

European Commission

Gottfried Mayer

Ministry for Consumers Affairs, Austria

Arturo Monforte
Principal Administrator, DG XXIV/c/3

European Commission

Horst Reichenbach
Director General, DG XXIV

European Commission

Astrid Schomaker

European Commission Delegation

Elisabeth Schwarzenbrunner
Official

European Commission

Tony van der Haegen
Adviser, International Relations

European Commission

US Observers

Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate

Center for Study of Responsive Law

Tom Casey
Multilateral Affairs/ Media Coordinator

United States Information Agency (USIA)

Manish Mishra

US Department of State, European Regional Affairs

* Still to confirm



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