CPSC Announces New Staff Appointments

Key staffing changes are afoot at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC"), as two individuals have recently joined the Agency's leadership ranks.

Brien Lorenze joined the CPSC as the new Executive Director on March 6, 2025, succeeding Austin Schlick. Executive Director Brien Lorenze most recently served as Senior Advisor in the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"). Prior to this role at FinCEN, he served as Chief Data Officer for the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, an independent oversight committee created by Congress in 2020 focused on pandemic relief spending. Mr. Lorenze has also held executive positions at Deloitte, BearingPoint, and IBM Global Services. In announcing Mr. Lorenze as Executive Director, Acting Chairman Feldman said, "[t]he future for agencies like CPSC will require us to leverage technology to make our work more effective and more efficient. We are lucky to have Brien join CPSC to help