Staff

Diane Brown Director 602-252-9227

Expertise

air pollution, global warming, auto pollution/diesel, energy policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water quantity, financial services, identity theft/privacy, product safety

Background

Ms. Brown is responsible for coordinating research, policy development, coalition and media outreach, and advocacy for Arizona PIRG. Ms. Brown has co-authored several reports, including "Renewing Arizona’s Economy: The Clean Energy Path to Jobs and the Economy," "Green Communities Handbook: How Local Governments in Illinois Can Ensure Cheaper and Cleaner Energy Use," and "Ethics in Illinois Government," and has testified before elected officials on energy and good government issues. She is an active participant in the Renewable Energy Advocates Coalition, which is currently working to increase the state’s renewable energy standard.

She has appeared on Phoenix television and radio and has appeared in newspapers across the state including the Arizona Republic and The Capitol Times. Ms. Brown began working with the state PIRGs in New Jersey in 1985, where she served as a Campus Organizer and Citizen Outreach Director. In 1989, she went on to serve as Executive Director of Illinois PIRG and to establish the Illinois PIRG Education Fund. While in Illinois, she served on the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Chicago Governance Board, the Illinois Campaign Reform Coalition Steering Committee, the Monsignor John Egan Campaign for Payday Loan Reform Executive Committee, and Earth Share Illinois.

Ms. Brown is also the Executive Director of the Arizona PIRG Education Fund, the 501(c)(3) sister organization of Arizona PIRG.

Education: Master of Education in Human Services and Administration, Springfield College, Massachusetts, 1985