Public Members

The public members of the Conference are drawn from the general public.  They are typically leading authorities in administrative law, public administration, or other areas of interest to the Conference.  Most public members are lawyers, but some are experts in other disciplines.  The public members come primarily from academia, law firms, and public interest organizations.

Public members are appointed by the Chairman with the approval of the Council.  They serve two-year terms.  Public members may be reappointed and may serve a total of three consecutive two-year terms.

Fred W. Alvarez

Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, San Francisco
Assistant Secretary of Labor (1987-1989) and EEOC Commissioner (1984-1987)

Gary D. Bass

Executive Director, Bauman Foundation
Founder and Former Executive Director, OMB Watch

Lisa Schultz Bressman

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

James Ming Chen

Dean and Professor of Law, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville

John F. Cooney

Partner, Venable LLP, Washington, D.C.
Assistant and Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Regulatory Affairs, OMB (1982-1987)

Susan E. Dudley

Research Professor, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
The George Washington University
Administrator, OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (2007-2009)

Cynthia R. Farina

Professor, Cornell Law School
Principal Researcher, e-Rulemaking Initiative

Michael Fitzpatrick

Senior Manager and Senior Counsel
General Electric

David C. Frederick

Partner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Washington, D.C.
Assistant to the Solicitor General (1996-2001)

Jody Freeman

Archibald Cox Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
White House Counselor for Energy and Climate Change (2009-2010)

H. Russell Frisby Jr.

Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Washington, D.C.
Former Chair, ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

John Graham

Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Philip J. Harter

Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Missouri
Former Chair, ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Senior Staff Attorney, Administrative Conference of the United States (1975-1977)

Michael E. Herz

Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Chair Elect, ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

Philip Howard

Vice-Chairman, Covington and Burling

John M. Kamensky

Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government
Former Deputy Director, National Partnership for Reinventing Government

Peter D. Keisler

Partner, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C.
Acting Attorney General (2007); Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division (2003-2007)

Simon Lazarus

Public Policy Counsel, National Senior Citizens Law Center
Associate Director, White House Domestic Policy Staff (1977-1981)

Ronald M. Levin

Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
Former Chair, ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

George W. Madison

Former General Counsel, Department of the Treasury

Carl Malamud

President and Founder, Public.Resource.Org

Jerry L. Mashaw

Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Randolph J. May

President, Free State Foundation
Former Chair, ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

Doris Meissner

Senior Fellow and Director, US Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service (1993-2000)

Nina Mendelson

Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Gillian E. Metzger

Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Beth S. Noveck

Professor, New York Law School

David W. Ogden

Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Deputy Attorney General (2009-2010); Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division (1999-2001)

Richard J. Pierce Jr.

Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

Richard L. Revesz

Dean and Lawrence King Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

Alasdair S. Roberts

Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy, Suffolk University Law School
Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration

Teresa Wynn Roseborough

Deputy General Counsel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (1994-1996)

Eugene Scalia

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor (2002-2003)

Virginia E. Sloan

President and Founder, The Constitution Project

Max Stier

President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
Deputy General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development (1999-2001)
Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration

Larry D. Thompson

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pepsico
Deputy Attorney General (2001-2003)

James J. Tozzi

Member, Board of Directors, Center for Regulatory Effectiveness
Assistant Director, Office of Management and Budget (1977-1980)
Deputy Administrator, OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (1980-1983)

John Vittone

Chief Administrative Law Judge, Department of Labor (Retired)
Administrative Law Section Delegate, ABA Board of Governors

Helgi C. Walker

Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.

Allison M. Zieve

Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group