NYDFS Superintendent Appoints Members To New Consumer Protection Task Force

New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell appointed several members to the newly established Consumer Protection Task Force. The members will serve three-year terms.

The members are as follows:

• Chuck Bell, Consumer Reports;
• Elisabeth Benjamin, Community Service Society;
• Carolyn Coffey, Mobilization for Justice;
• Beth Finkel, New York State Office, AARP;
• Jacob ("Jay") Inwald, Legal Services NYC;
• Paul Kantwill, Loyola University Chicago School of Law;
• Neha M. Karambelkar, Staff Attorney, Western New York Law Center;
• Kirsten E. Keefe, Empire Justice Center;
• Peter Kochenburger, University of Connecticut Law School;