Consumer Reports CEO: Coming to the U.S. was her biggest break

It was also her parents’ most painful decision. During the Cuban revolution, they left behind their family, their friends and the home they had built in Havana and fled to the United States.

Tellado says her parents’ ability to work hard and provide for her and her three brothers while always giving them the attention they needed helped her to succeed. She attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and received a Masters and PhD in political science from Yale University.

After graduation, she landed jobs in the world of consumer advocacy, public policy and social justice, working with consumer advocates like Ralph Nader and Joan Claybrook at Public Citizen and politicians like former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley.

“Working in the U.S. Senate was a public service highlight for me,” saysTellado.

Tellado joined Consumer Reports, the largest nonprofit consumer organization in the world, in 2014 as its president and CEO. Read more…