http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/blackledge Steve Blackledge provides policy and strategic guidance for the state PIRGs, primarily focusing on the issues of health care and consumer protection. Prior to this position, he spent five years as the legislative and policy director for CALPIRG, where his work led to new state-level policy reforms on issues ranging from health care and prescription drug costs, to Enron-style accounting scams, to protecting consumers from privacy invasions and identity theft. Mr. Blackledge was the first director of New Hampshire PIRG and also worked for PIRG in Michigan and Illinois PIRG. He has appeared on CSPAN and CNN, and has been quoted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune, as well as numerous other newspapers and media outlets in California, New Hampshire, Michigan and Illinois. Mr. Blackledge began his career with the state PIRGs in 1991. Education: B.A., Wartburg College, 1991. http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/blackledge Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:53:11 -0500 http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/rusch Advocate Emily Rusch is based in our San Francisco office. Emily heads up CALPIRG's program work on energy, transportation, and tax and budget issues. Prior to joining CALPIRG's staff, Emily worked for four years as an Energy Advocate in New Jersey, where she ran successful campaigns to require New Jersey's power companies to increase clean, renewable energy like wind and solar power, and to pass legislation to set minimum energy efficiency standards for common products like air conditioners and traffic lights. Emily was born in San Gabriel and grew up in Culver City, California. She graduated from Willamette University in 2001. http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/rusch Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:12:27 -0500 http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/katz Campus Organizing Director Danny Katz http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/katz Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:25:47 -0500 http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/phelps Douglas http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/phelps Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:30:49 -0500 http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/morillas Pedro Morillas joined CALPIRG’s advocacy team as our http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/morillas Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:09:10 -0500 http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/russo http://www.calpirg.org/about-us/staff/staff/russo Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:32:36 -0500