About Us

Common Cause National Governing Board

 

 

Martha Tierney is the Chair of the National Governing Board.

 

Archibald Cox was Chairman Emeritus.

 

Full List of board members:

 

Benjamin Barber

Demos

New York, NY

 

Leonard Baynes

St. John's School of Law

New York, NY

 

Emmet Bondurant

Attorney

Atlanta, GA

 

Michele Demers

Humanity United

Redwood City, CA

 

Butler C. Derrick, Jr.

Former Member of Congress

Attorney

Washington, DC

 

Dr. Bob Edgar

President and CEO

Common Cause

Washington, DC

 

Julie Fernandes

The Raben Group

Washington, DC

 

Adonal Foyle
Founder & President

Democracy Matters

NBA/Orlando Magic

 

Walt Freese

Chief Marketing Officer, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

South Burlington, VT

 

Margaret Fung

Executive Director

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

New York, NY

 

Elizabeth Garrett

Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

 

Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell

Silver Spring, MD


Jack Gould

Past Chair and Issues Chair

Common Cause Nebraska

Valparaiso, NE

 

Leonard Hill

Leonard Hill Films

Los Angeles, CA

 

William Hubbard

Center Development Corp.

New York, NY

 

Markos Kounalakis

Washington Monthly

President and Publisher

Sacramento, CA

 

Peter Lauria

Beers and Cutler

Vienna, VA

 

Lenny Mendonca

Director

McKinsey & Co.

San Francisco, CA

 

Karen K. Narasaki

President, Asian American Justice Center

Washington, DC 

 

Harold Pachios
Managing Partner
Preti Flaherty
Portland, ME
 
Chang K. Park

Businessman/Entrepreneur

Armonk, NY

 

Richard Stanley

Stanley Foundation

Muscatine, IA

 

Jack Taylor

Common Cause New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

 

Martha Tierney

Chair, Common Cause

Attorney

Denver, CO

 

Tracy Westen

Center for Governmental Studies

Los Angeles, CA