Gary Ruskin

{{Short description|American consumer advocate}}

Gary Ruskin is an American consumer advocate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/Major-brands-reverse-course-on-genetically-7181883.php|title=Major brands reverse course on genetically modified food labels|first=Tara|last=Duggan|work=San Francisco Chronicle }} He is the executive director of the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/30/us-right-to-know-covid-lab-leak-00155011|title=This liberal crusader helped convince America Covid came from a lab|first=Carmen|last=Paun|date=April 30, 2024|website=POLITICO}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/gary-ruskin-on-us-right-to-know-and-the-movement-for-public-health/|title=Gary Ruskin on US Right to Know and the Movement for Public Health|date=January 16, 2024}} He is the former director of the watchdog Congressional Accountability Project.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/16/us/suddenly-raises-for-congress-seem-less-certain.html|title=Suddenly, Raises for Congress Seem Less Certain (Published 2002)|work=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2002 |last1=Hulse |first1=Carl }}

Ruskin has a BA in religion from Carleton College and an MA in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-speakers|title=SEJ's 25th Annual Conference Speaker Information | SEJ|date=April 10, 2015|website=www.sej.org}}