Lisa Gilbert

Lisa Gilbert is the Co-President of Public Citizen. She advocates for government transparency and democracy reform, financial reform, civil justice, consumer protection, healthcare, guardrails for technology to protect the public, the environment and more. Previously, Gilbert was the Executive Vice President and Vice President of Legislative Affairs at Public Citizen. Prior to that she was the Democracy Advocate for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Gilbert has testified before Congress, appeared on MSNBC, CSPAN, and CNN, and has been quoted in publications such as The New York Times, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and NPR. She was also a featured contributor to the National Journal's "Expert Blog" on lobbying and ethics, and writes frequently for The Hill, CNN Opinion, and USA Today.