May 14, 2012 – Venue: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Cause: Combating “seafood fraud.”
Bona fides: Concerned mom and beach-goer; plays a grim-faced accountant/cat lady on “The Office.”
Backup: Chef-activist Barton Seaver, Gulf Coast fisherman Donald Waters, officials from the conservation group Oceana.
What she wants: Better labeling, more inspections and enforcement to prevent sellers from passing off cheap fish as premium species or sneaking endangered and restricted seafood into U.S. markets.
What she wore: Summery green dress, open-toed shoes.
How she sounded: Much warmer, more personable than her TV persona, reports our colleague Aaron Leitko. Generous with the small talk, despite first-time celebvocate jitters.
Read the full story at the Washington Post.