Consumer Product Safety Commission: named Ann Marie Buerkle, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June 2013 to serve as a commissioner at the agency, as acting chairman.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to lead CPSC as acting chairman as the agency transitions under a new administration,” said Buerkle. “I thank Elliot Kaye for his service as our chairman. His contributions to our agency and to safety, especially in the area of brain safety in youth sports, have been invaluable. I appreciate his friendship and support and I am so pleased he will continue to serve on the commission. I look forward to continuing to work with him, as well as commissioners Robert Adler, Marietta Robinson and Joseph Mohorovic, in executing CPSC’s mission.”


Prior to joining the CPSC, Buerkle represented Upstate New York’s 25th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. While in Congress, Buerkle was also appointed by President Obama to serve as a US Representative to the 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.


Prior to being elected to Congress, Buerkle was appointed, in 1997 by then Attorney General Dennis Vacco, as an Assistant New York State Attorney General representing the State of New York on behalf of Upstate Medical University, a role she held for 13 years.