Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Diana Moss tapped to head American Antitrust Institute, (Nov 10, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:American Antitrust Institute | University of Colorado at Boulder | University of Denver
Current vice president Diana Moss has been named the next president and CEO of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), succeeding founder and current president/CEO Albert Foer, the competition advocacy group announced today. The handoff of the position is expected in January 2015.
After a national search, Moss was selected from a pool of prestigious candidates, according to the AAI. An economist, she joined the organization shortly after its founding, bringing her public and private sector experience in antitrust and regulation. At the AAI, she has developed and expanded advocacy channels and strategies and has strengthened communication with enforcers, Congress, other advocacy groups, and the media. As vice president since 2002, Moss has extended the organization’s competency in a number of industries that are a major antitrust focus, including energy, transportation, agriculture, and health care, the AAI said. An adjunct faculty member of the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she holds a M.A. degree from the University of Denver and a Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines.
“I speak for the entire AAI Board of Directors in enthusiastically welcoming Diana as our new President and CEO as of this coming January,” said Robert Skitol, Chairman of the AAI Board of Directors. “She is ideally positioned to build on Bert’s powerful 17-year legacy and to take the AAI in new directions over the years ahead.”
“Diana has been my trusted right hand 14 years,” Foer remarked. “She is a skilled competition advocate with strong connections in the antitrust and regulatory communities and has been instrumental in helping build the AAI into a leading progressive competition advocacy organization.”
Foer, who turned 70 this year, will step into a new half-time role, with a focus on international competition advocacy and competition culture.
The American Antitrust Institute is an education, research, and advocacy organization located in Washington, D.C. Its stated mission is to increase the role of competition, assure that competition serves the interests of consumers, and challenge abuses of concentrated economic power in the American and world economy.
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