Eric Bourassa is MASSPIRG's Consumer Advocate and coordinates MASSPIRG's advocacy in promoting public transportation. Eric also serves as co-chair of the MBTA Riders Oversight Committee, a citizen advisory council to the T. He has also authored numerous MASSPIRG reports, including Derailed By Debt: Unhealthy Choices The MBTA Will Be Forced To Make in FY2009 – FY2010. Earlier in his career with MASSPIRG, Eric spearheaded the successful effort to require tobacco companies to sell safer, self-extinguishing cigarettes in Massachusetts.
Eric has testified before the state legislature on many different public interest issues, and is extensively quoted in Boston area and national news outlets. Before coming to MASSPIRG, Eric organized social service programs for the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations. Eric received his Masters Degree in American Studies from Brown University and graduated with honors from Dickinson College in 2000. He's been working with MASSPIRG since 2003.
