Lorenze Is New Nominee to Become CPSC Commissioner

CPSC Executive Director Brien Lorenze's June 1 commissioner nomination is for the past seat of ex-Commissioner Douglas Dziak. Lorenze replaces former candidate William Hewes, whose nomination was withdrawn in March (PSL, 3/16/26). Lorenze joins Karen Sessions as a nominee.

When Lorenze joined the agency 15 months ago (PSL, 3/3/25), Acting Chairman Peter Feldman praised him as having expertise to help "leverage technology to make our work more effective and more efficient." Feldman echoed that sentiment in a new statement on the nomination, which included, "As Executive Director of CPSC, he has helped guide the Commission through a period of significant modernization."

Lorenze came to CPSC from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, where he was a senior advisor in 2024 and 2025. Before that, he was chief data officer for the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee for four years. He spent more than 11 years in various positions with Deloitte. Prior stints were with BearingPoint for almost three years and about five and a half with IBM.

He holds a business degree from the University of Colorado Bolder and a master's degree in public administration from George Washington University.

The idea of advancing CPSC's technological ability has been a recurring theme in recent years, including the May hire of Steve Roney to become communications director (PSL, 5/25/26). Feldman praised Roney's experience in digital outreach and AI adoption as putting the agency "at the forefront of modern government communications."

The other nominee, Sessions, would fill the slot of ex-Commissioner Mary Boyle. Although Boyle disputed her 2025 firing in court, the term of her seat since expired. The other two seats – formerly filled by Alexander Hoehn Saric and Richard Trumka – were for terms that have not expired, meaning the legal dispute over them is still active. Those terms respectively end in Octobers of 2027 and 2028.

In February, PSL noted (2/23/26) that bringing the commission up to three commissioners would remove questions about the atypical situation of decisions occurring without a quorum or voting. Feldman and Dziak delegated most commission authorities to the former as the latter departed.

Feldman's term ends this October, but he could stay up to an extra year under the CPSA provision meant to limit vacancies. Of course, if renominated and confirmed, Feldman would occupy a seat that would run until October 2033.