Mark J. Green
Author
Mark Green currently hosts the nationally syndicated weekend radio program, Both Sides Now, and writes a weekly column for the Huffington Post. He was previously a public interest lawyer, working with Ralph Nader from 1970 to 1980, ultimately as director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch. He founded and ran The Democracy Project in NYC from 1981 to 2014. Green served for 11 years in citywide offices, first as the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs under Mayor David Dinkins (1990 to 1993); then as the twice-elected Public Advocate (1993 and 1997), before narrowly losing the mayorality to Michael Bloomberg in 2001. (1)
Green co-hosted an event at The Common Good on Citizen Action Sweeping the Country: INDIVISIBLE with Gail Furman and Richard Farley, and spoke at The Common Good on the The Primaries and the Presidential Election panel alongside Jonathan Alter, Kellyanne Conway, and Joel Benson, moderated by Cynthia McFadden.
Twitter: @markjgreen
(1) Material from the Bright Infinite Future website.
