4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814

301-504-7923
http://www.cpsc.gov



CHAIR	Ann Marie Buerkle, Acting

https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/Chairman/Buerkle-Biography



Commissioner	Robert S. Adler
Commissioner	Elliot F. Kaye
Commissioner	Joseph P. Mohorovic
Commissioner	Marietta S. Robinson

https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/Commissioners



EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Patricia H. Adkins
Deputy Executive Director, Operations Support	Monica Summitt
Deputy Executive Director, Safety Operations	DeWane Ray

Chief Financial Officer	Jay Hoffman
Chief Information Officer	James C. Rolfes

Director, Office of Communications	Patty Davis, Acting
Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Enterprise	Brittany Woolfolk
Director, Office of Legislative Affairs	Aaron Hernandez, Acting
General Counsel	Mary T. Boyle

Assistant Executive Director, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction	George Borlase
Director, Office of Compliance and Field Operations	Robert Kaye
Director, Office of Facilities Services	Douglas Brown
Director, Office of Human Resources Management	Donna M. Simpson
Director, Office of Import Survelliance	James Joholske
Director, Office of International Programs	Richard O'Brien

Director, Office of the Secretary	Alberta E. Mills, Acting
Small Business Ombudsman	Shelby Mathis



Inspector General	Christopher W. Dentel

https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/Inspector-General

The above list of key personnel was updated 10–2017.

The above list of key personnel was updated 10–2017.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public by reducing the risk of injury and death from consumer products.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was established as an independent regulatory agency by the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) in 1973 and reauthorized by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The Commission comprises a maximum of five members whom the President appoints with the advice and consent of the Senate for 7-year terms.

The CPSC implements provisions of the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191), Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1471), Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261), Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 note), Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.), and an act of 2 August 1956 (15 U.S.C. 1211) that prohibits the transportation of refrigerators without door safety devices.

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/About-CPSC

Activities

To protect the public from risk of injury, the CPSC requires manufacturers to report defects in products presenting substantial hazards; conducts outreach programs for consumers, industry, and local governments; collects information on consumer product-related injuries and maintains the National Injury Information Clearinghouse; conducts research on consumer product hazards; and encourages and assists in the development of voluntary standards affecting the safety of consumer products. When appropriate, the CPSC requires manufacturers to correct hazards associated with specific consumer products already in circulation, establishes mandatory consumer product standards, and bans hazardous products.

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/about-cpsc/national-injury-information-clearinghouse

The Commission also has a special project to reach as many Americans as possible with lifesaving safety information. The Neighborhood Safety Network disseminates safety information to hard-to-reach populations by partnering with other organizations already active within their communities.

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/safety-education/neighborhood-safety-network

Sources of Information

Blog

The CPSC maintains a blog on its "OnSafety" Web site.

https://onsafety.cpsc.gov

Career Opportunities

To carry out its mission, the CPSC relies on attorneys and paralegal specialists, compliance officers, economists, engineers, IT specialists, product safety investigators, program analysts, statisticians, toxicologists and pharmacologists and chemists, and other skilled professionals.

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/About-CPSC/Job

In 2016, the CPSC ranked 18th among 29 small agencies in the Partnership for Public Service's Best Places To Work Agency Rankings.

http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/detail/SK00

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 require Federal agencies to use electronic information technology to foster accessibility to and availability of FOIA documents.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/FOIA

Hotline

The Commission operates a toll-free consumer product safety hotline in English and Spanish, on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Phone, 800-638-2772. TTY, 301-595-7054.