Chair, Board of Directors, Consumers Union;
Former Chief, Consumer Protection Division,
Washington Attorney General's Office
Sharon Nelson is Chief of the Consumer
Protection Division of the Washington State
Attorney General's Office and Chair of the
Board of Directors of Consumers Union. Before
serving in her current capacities, Ms. Nelson
served as Director of the Shidler Center for
Law, Commerce and Technology at the University
of Washington School of Law. Previously, Ms.
Nelson served two terms as Chairman of the
Washington Utilities and Transportation
Commission (WUTC) (1985-1997). Prior to joining
the WUTC, her credentials include teaching
history and anthropology in secondary schools
(1969-1973), serving as
staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce
Committee (1976-1978) and serving as
legislative counsel to Consumers Union
(1978-1981). She has also been a lawyer in
private practice (1982-1983) and served
as staff coordinator for the Washington State
Legislature's Joint Select Committee on
Telecommunications (1983-1985).
Ms. Nelson received her B.A. from Carleton
College, an M.A.T. from the University of
Chicago and a J.D. from the University of
Washington. She is the past president of the
National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (1989-1990). She also sits on the
Board of Trustees for the North American
Electric Reliability Council (NERC) and the
Board of Directors of Itron.
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