Stephen Brobeck
American consumer rights activist (born 1944)
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Stephen Brobeck is a senior fellow at the Consumer Federation of America. He previously held the position of executive director from 1980 to 2018.[1]
Early life and education
Brobeck was born in 1944.[2] He did undergraduate studies at Wheaton College and got his doctorate at University of Pennsylvania.[3][4]
In the late 1960s Brobeck was active in the opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.[5]
Career
Following the completion of his Ph.D., Brobeck was an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University.[3] While there, he assisted with initiating and organizing Cleveland Consumer Action.[6]
From 1976 to 1979, Brobeck served on the board of the Consumer Federation of America. He served as the organization's executive director from 1980 to 2018, then retired and became a senior fellow.[3][7]
Brobeck was director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond from 1990 to 1996.[3]
Brobeck has published on banking and product safety.[3] Brobeck edited the Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement.