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ADA Task Force

Contact:	Mallory Duncan
	202-783-7971
	duncanm@nrf.com

A group comprised of NRF retail members interested in the Americans with Disabilities Act and any resulting or pending federal regulations or litigation.

Committee on Employment Law

Contact:	Kelly Knott
	202-783-7971
	knottk@nrf.com

This committee serves as NRF's technical committee on labor law and employee relations matters, and is comprised of retail industry corporate executives and independent labor counsel, as well as human resource and employee relations executives from NRF member companies and associations.

Credit Executives Committee

Contact:	Mallory Duncan
	202-783-7971
	duncanm@nrf.com

This committee provides NRF with strategic and operational advice related to consumer credit issues, including federal legislative and regulatory policy, the standardized credit bureau reporting format, as well as file integrity among retail credit grantors.

General Counsel's Forum

Contact:	Mallory Duncan
	202-783-7971
	duncanm@nrf.com

This invitation-only Council is limited to the most senior legal officers among NRF's retail membership. Two to three times each year they meet to share strategy and ideas for addressing cutting edge legal and management issues of concern to retail law departments.

Gift Card Working Group

Contact:	David French
	202-783-7971
	FrenchD@nrf.com

The Working Group addresses the rapidly spreading restrictions on the highly popular gift cards used by many retailers.

Government Affairs Policy Council

Contact:	David French
	202-626-8112
	frenchd@nrf.com

The NRF Government Affairs Policy Council is the Federation's principal policy making body on federal legislative and regulatory issues.

Health & Employee Benefits Committee

Contact:	Neil Trautwein
	202-783-7971
	trautweinn@nrf.com

This Committee consists of retail benefits executives managers and directors who provide technical input on a wide range of health, pension and other benefit issues.

ID Theft Working Group

Contact:	Beth Provenzano
	202-783-7971
	provenzanob@nrf.com

This working group was created as a result of the Choice Point and Bank of America security breaches, concerns over identity theft [the safety of personally identifiable information (PII)] and the ways in which PII is used by the business community.

International Trade Advisory Committee

Contact:	Jonathan Gold
	202-626-8193
	goldj@nrf.com

ITAC members include senior retail sourcing, compliance, and government relations executives and general counsels responsible for international trade, customs, and international labor issues for their companies both on the legislative and regulatory fronts. ITAC plays a key role in representing the industry's interests on eliminating U.S. and foreign trade barriers and facilitating trade.

Lawyers Committee

Contact:	Monica Anderson
	202-783-7971
	andersonm@nrf.com

The NRF Lawyer’s Committee is composed of in-house staff attorneys selected by the NRF General Counsel's Forum to discuss current nuts-and-bolts legal matters unrelated to employment law.

NCCR Food Supply Chain Committee

Contact:	Scott Vinson
	202-626-8183
	vinsons@nccr.net

This committee focuses on issues impacting the supply chains of chain restaurant companies. At present, the committee is examining the following issues: biofuel policy's impact on commodity prices; dairy price volatility; commodity speculation; and international trade impacts on the supply chain.

Payment Systems Task Force

Contact:	Mallory Duncan
	202-783-7971
	duncanm@nrf.com

This Task Group meets as needed to discuss matters pertaining to card acceptance and issues pertaining to retailer relationships with the credit and debit card associations and card acceptance networks.

Postal Working Group

Contact:	Jonathan Gold
	202-626-8193
	goldj@nrf.com

This Working Group provides guidance to the NRF in representing retailers on matters before Capitol Hill, the Postal Rate Commission and the United States Postal Service.

Privacy Committee

Contact:	Mallory Duncan
	202-783-7971
	duncanm@nrf.com

The Privacy Committee is composed of senior retail representatives with responsibility for aspects of company operations that affect customer and employee privacy.

Product Safety Committee

Contact:	Jonathan Gold
	202-626-8193
	goldj@nrf.com

This Committee communicates existing and potential product safety problems within the retail industry and addresses emerging product safety issues by providing substantive and strategic input into the development of industry public policy.

State Association Council

Contact:	David French
	202-783-7971
	FrenchD@nrf.com

SAC membership comprises the state retail associations that are most active in protecting their members' interests in both the state and national public policy arena.

State Leadership Group

Contact:	David French
	202-783-7971
	FrenchD@nrf.com

The State Leadership Group is a joint membership opportunity that allows for small retail businesses to become members of NRF through their state retail association. Strengthening the relationship between the states and NRF signals a "win-win" for the overall retail policy agenda; the state association expands its benefits package to in-state members, and NRF expands the industry's political reach and influence through the all-important small business voice in Washington.

Strategic Supply Chain Council

Contact:	Jonathan Gold
	202-626-8193
	goldj@nrf.com

This working group of the ITAC and the NRF Loss Prevention Committee includes senior retail executives responsible for global supply chain, transportation, and logistics. The SSCC provides guidance and technical expertise on issues affecting retailers’ management and security of their international supply chains, with a focus on public policy, technology, supply chain management tools and best practices.

Sustainable Retailing Consortium

Contact:	Dan Butler
	202-783-7971
	butlerd@nrf.com

The Sustainable Retailing Consortium brings together retailers, manufacturers, vendors, and organizations that are engaged in sustainable (green) retailing efforts.

Tax - Sales Tax Working Group

Contact:	Rachelle Bernstein
	202-783-7971
	bernsteinr@nrf.com

This Group is a combination of tax and government affairs experts working in tandem with the state retail associations and governments to modernize and simplify state sales tax systems in the U.S.

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