Inez Tenenbaum
| Inez Tenenbaum | |
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| 9th Chairperson of the Consumer Product Safety Commission | |
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In office June 23, 2009 – November 29, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Thomas Moore (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Robert Adler (Acting) |
| 15th South Carolina Superintendent of Education | |
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In office January 13, 1999 – January 9, 2007 |
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| Governor |
Jim Hodges Mark Sanford |
| Preceded by | Barbara Nielsen |
| Succeeded by | Jim Rex |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Inez Moore March 8, 1951 Hawkinsville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Georgia University of South Carolina, Columbia |
Inez Moore Tenenbaum (born March 8, 1951), an American attorney from South Carolina , served as Chairman of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. In October 2016, she announced she would join the law firm of Wyche, P.A. At Wyche, she focuses her practice on consumer product safety and risk management, working particularly with manufacturers and retailers of consumer products to ensure compliance with applicable consumer product safety requirements and to protect the client’s brand.
Tenenbaum was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1972 from the University of Georgia, and a Master's in Education two years later from the same university. She received a law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1986, where she was an associate editor-in-chief of the South Carolina Law Review.
Originally a public school teacher, Tenenbaum entered state government as an employee of the South Carolina Department of Social Services. She later served as the director of research for the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives. She practiced with a private law firm, Sinkler & Boyd, P.A. from 1986 to 1992, in the areas of health, environment, and public interest law.
Tenenbaum was the Democratic candidate in the 2004 election for retiring Democrat Fritz Hollings's seat in the U.S. Senate; she lost in to Republican Jim DeMint.
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