Staff

Brad Ashwell

Legislative Advocate
(850) 224-3321
Mr. Ashwell is responsible for coordinating research, policy development, coalition and media outreach, and legislative advocacy for Florida PIRG.

Ed Mierzwinski

Consumer Program Director
202-546-9707 x314
Ed Mierzwinski has been a consumer advocate in the Washington, D.C.-based federal lobbying office of the state PIRGs since 1989.

Phineas Baxandall

Senior Analyst for Tax & Budget Policy
(617) 747-4351
Mr. Baxandall oversees policy and strategy development for tax and budget campaigns throughout the United States.

Michael Russo

Health Care Policy Analyst
(213) 251-3680 x332
Mike Russo is our Policy Analyst on issues including public health and health care.

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Some of the nation’s best-known companies — including GE, Google and Goldman Sachs — have avoided paying the taxes they owe, costing us $100 billion last year.

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