Ron
Binz is President of Public Policy Consulting, specializing in policy
and regulatory issues in the telecommunications and energy industries.
His clients include consumer groups, state agencies, telecommunications
carriers and business associations.
Ron also served until 2003 as
President of the Competition Policy Institute (CPI), based in
Washington, D.C. CPI was a
non-profit organization dedicated to bringing competition to
telecommunications and energy markets in ways that benefit consumers.
Ron describes CPI as "a combination consumer organization and think
tank." He is also a frequent speaker and expert witness on competition
and consumer issues.
For eleven years, until 1995, Ron directed the Colorado Office of
Consumer Counsel, the state's utility consumer advocate. His office
represented residential, small business and agricultural utility
consumers before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, federal
regulatory agencies and the courts.
Ron was previously President of the National Association of State
Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and chaired the group’s
Telecommunications Committee. On behalf of NASUCA and CPI he has
testified before Congressional committees fifteen times.
Ron served as the Co-Chair of the North American Numbering Council which
advises the Federal Communications Commission on telephone numbering
policies. Ron is a member of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group and
also served on the Network Reliability Council to the FCC. He is a
director of several non-profit organizations.
Ron received a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Louis University in 1971 and
an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Colorado in 1977. He also
completed course work for a Masters Degree in Economics from the
University of Colorado.
In addition to his other professional interests, Ron is an owner of a
winery in Loveland, Colorado.
Trail Ridge Winery
specializes in Merlot, Riesling, Cabernet Franc and Gewurztraminer
wines. In that capacity, Ron previously served as
the Chairman of the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board and as a member of the Board of
Directors of WineAmerica, the national trade association of American
wineries.