The National Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) named 27 consumer liaison representatives for 2011. The 18 funded and nine unfunded consumer representatives begin their terms Jan. 1.

The following are the 2011 NAIC funded consumer liaison representatives:

• Elizabeth Abbott, project director, Health Access
• Amy Bach, executive director, United Policyholders
• Deeia Beck, public counsel, Office of Public Insurance Counsel/Texas
• Brendan M. Bridgeland, director, Center for Insurance Research
• Bonnie Burns, training and policy specialist, California Health Advocate
• Sabrina Corlette, research professor, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
• Brenda J. Cude, professor, University of Georgia
• Joseph P. Ditre', executive director, Consumers for Affordable Health Care
• Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law
• Karrol Kitt, associate professor, University of Texas at Austin
• Peter Kochenburger, executive director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Sonja L. Larkin-Thorne, consumer advocate
• Sarah Lueck, health policy analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Georgia Maheras, private market policy manager, Health Care for All
• Stacey Pogue, senior policy analyst, Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Aaron Smith, co-founder and executive director, Young Invincibles
• Daniel Schwarcz, associate professor of law, University of Minnesota Law School
• Barbara Yondorf, president, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative

In addition, there are nine unfunded consumer representatives:

• Stephen A. Alexander, insurance consumer advocate, State of Florida
• Kimberly Calder, director, Federal Health Affairs and Insurance Policy, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Susan Connors, president and CEO, Brain Injury Assoc. of America
• Stephen Finan, senior director of policy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
• Howard Goldblatt, director of government affairs, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
• Stephanie Mohl, government relations manager, American Heart Assoc.
• Lynn Quincy, senior policy analyst, Consumers Union
• Barbara Scott Rea, development director, Equality State Policy Center
• Stuart Spielman, senior policy advisor and counsel, Autism Speaks