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Marta L. Tellado (born ca. 1959) is a Cuban-born American business executive. She is the president and Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Reports.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Tellado was born in Cuba. In 1961, at the age of two, Tellado and her family left Havana for the U.S. as political refugees.[3][4]

After completing an undergraduate degree in 1981 at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Tellado went to Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, a nonprofit group.[3] She continued her education at Yale University, earning a Ph.D. in Political Science in 2002.[2][5]

Career

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Representing her home state of New Jersey,[6] Tallado worked with U.S. Senator Bill Bradley as his director of issues and outreach and advisor on social policy.[3] Tellado's policy-related roles have included Executive Director of the Domestic Policy Group at the Aspen Institute; director for national issues and outreach for Senator Bill Bradley; and vice president of the Partnership for Public Service, where she launched the Best Places to Work in the federal government and the Service to America awards.[7]

From 2004 to 2014, she served as vice president for global communications and an officer of the board at the Ford Foundation.[2][8] Tellado left that role in 2014 to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Reports.[2][9][7]

Tellado has been featured as a consumer expert on a number of media platforms, including Marketplace Morning Report,[10] CBS News Sunday Morning,[11] the Pivot podcast,[12] The Seattle Times,[13] USA Today, CNN, and Forbes, as well as local radio and television media outlets.

Tellado served as a trustee from 2013 to 2022 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In 2022, she was named a successor trustee at Yale University.[2][14][15]

In 2018, Tellado was the commencement speaker at Fairleigh Dickinson University.[16]

In 2022, Tellado released a book: Buyer Aware: Harnessing Our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace.[17]

References

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  1. ^ FastCo Works (2024-05-22). "Keeping the public safe in the digital age". Fast Company. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Marta L. Tellado, B.A., '02 Ph.D." Yale University. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. ^ a b c Tellado, Marta L. (2022-09-20). Buyer Aware: Harnessing Our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace. PublicAffairs. pp. 1–2, 11, 73, 122. ISBN 978-1-5417-6856-7. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  4. ^ Blanco, Octavio (2016-01-12). "Consumer Reports CEO: Coming to the U.S. was her biggest break". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  5. ^ "Consumer Reports names new president/CEO". tirebusiness.com. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  6. ^ Branch, Mark Alden (2014-07-17). "Marta Tellado '02PhD: top rated by Consumer Reports". www.yalealumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  7. ^ a b "Marta Tellado Named President & CEO of Consumer Reports". www.consumerreports.org. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  8. ^ Haughney, Christine (2014-07-14). "Ford Foundation Executive to Lead Consumer Reports". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  9. ^ Nunez, Vivian (2019-03-28). "The CEO Of Consumer Reports Is A Latina On A Mission To Even The Information Playing Field". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  10. ^ Brancaccio, David; Dang, Jarrett (2022-12-23). "Consumer rights aren't guaranteed in a digital world, warns Consumer Reports CEO". Marketplace. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  11. ^ Stahl, Lesley (2023-09-24). "Inside Consumer Reports". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  12. ^ "Pivot". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  13. ^ "Consumers must raise their collective voice to remedy the harms from big tech mining their data". The Seattle Times. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  14. ^ Shelton, Jim (2022-01-24). "Yale names Maurie McInnis and Marta Lourdes Tellado successor trustees". YaleNews. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  15. ^ Mousavizadeh, Philip (2022-02-11). "Yale's newest trustees share vision for a post-COVID University". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  16. ^ Burrow, Megan (2018-05-15). "FDU graduates nearly 3,000 at 75th commencement ceremony". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  17. ^ Tellado, Marta (2022-11-13). "Buyer Aware: Harnessing Our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace". Next Big Idea Club. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
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