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Deborah Mathis

Communications Director

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Deborah Mathis came to the Public Justice Foundation in January 2007 as Communications Director. She was previously vice president of media and communications consultant for an Africa trade consulting firm and had provided strategic communications services to the Children’s Defense Fund, a Turkish media holding company, and the ACLU of Maryland.

For three decades, Deborah was a practicing journalist, having served as White House Correspondent for Gannett News Service, a nationally syndicated columnist and a regular contributor to various political talk shows. She held a Shorenstein Fellowship at Harvard University and was an assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University.

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Rich Barber

In 2000, Gus Barber was 9-years old when he was killed by a misfired Remington rifle. Since Gus’s tragic death, his father Rich has been gathering evidence about the faulty trigger design on Remington’s 700-series rifles; the defect has been a public safety hazard for more than half a century. Public Justice is now seeking to unseal court records that could prove Remington’s dangerous negligence.

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Gladys Mensing

Gladys Mensing has diabetes. When her doctor prescribed the drug Reglan to treat some of her symptoms, she began taking its generic equivalent. Four years later, Mensing developed a severe neurological disorder caused by the long-term use, which went unwarned on the generic drug’s label.

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