Betsy E. Lehrfeld
Betsy E. Lehrfeld is a principal in the Washington, DC law firm Swankin & Turner, which advises and represents individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations and consumer groups in a wide variety of regulatory matters concerning food, drugs, dietary supplements, medical devices, integrative health, environmental hazards, and product safety. She has appeared before the Food and Drug Administration and has served as general counsel to numerous nonprofits.
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law), she currently serves as President of the National Institute for Science, Law, and Public Policy (NISLAPP). in additon to her work with Citizens.
Brenda Porter-Rockwell
Brenda Porter-Rockwell is a strategic communications advisor with more than 20 years of experience covering natural products. Her background includes serving as Managing Editor of the Vitamin Retailer Magazine Group, and, most recently as a contributing writer to several industry publications.
Brenda’s work has touched on topics such as natural product development; industry and product trends; product and business sustainability; and regulatory decision making.
She has extensive experience in marketing communications for both for- and non-profit businesses, as well as internal and external communications.
In Memoriam and Gratitude
James Gormley
President and Senior Policy Advisor of Citizens for Health and a principal of Gormley NPI Consulting, Gormley served as the Editor-in-Chief of Better Nutrition magazine and Editorial Director of the Vitamin Retailer Magazine group.
He also served as the Scientific and Regulatory Affairs officer for Nutrition 21 and attended Codex Alimentarius meetings in Paris and Rome. An award-winning blogger and author of six books, including Health at Gunpoint: The FDA’s Silent War Against Health Freedom, Gormley has been a leading consumer health advocate for more than 20 yearrs.
James passed away suddenly at his home in Florida in August 2024.
In Memoriam and Gratitude
James S. Turner, Esq.
A principal in the firm Swankin & Turner, Turner represented businesses as well as individuals and consumer groups in a wide variety of regulatory matters concerning food, drug, health, environmental and product-safety matters. He served as special counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Food, Nutrition, and Health and to the Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Research.
Turner was the lead attorney on a successful petition to the FDA to reclassify acupuncture needles from Class III to Class II medical devices, permitting their legal importation and distribution. An attorney and consumer advocate who was an original “Nader’s Raider,” Turner passed away suddenly at his Washington, D.C. home on January 25, 2022.
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