MISSION
Project GOAL works to promote the adoption, access, and deployment of broadband services for older adults and addresses challenges confronting the adoption of technology within the aging community. Project GOAL also serves to inform older adult consumers about the tools and information to stay safe and secure in the online world.
LEADERSHIP
Debra Berlyn is the Executive Director of the Project to Get Older Adults onLine (Project GOAL). Project GOAL works to promote the adoption of broadband for older adults, to advance technology applications for this community, and to inform older consumers about how to stay safe and secure in the evolving marketplace. Ms. Berlyn is also the President of Consumer Policy Solutions, a firm focused on developing progressive policies for consumers in a competitive and innovative marketplace.
Prior to launching Project GOAL and Consumer Policy Solutions, Ms. Berlyn was Senior Legislative Representative in the Federal Affairs Department of AARP, responsible for communications and energy matters.
Ms. Berlyn has served as a Member, Vice-Chair, and the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee. She is a Senior Fellow with the Future of Privacy Forum and an Officer with the organization’s Board of Directors. Ms. Berlyn is also on the Board of Directors of the National Consumers League.
Ms. Berlyn is a seasoned veteran of telecommunications and consumer policy issues and an advocate for consumers of technology services. As a national voice on the issues of aging and technology, broadband adoption, privacy, and telecom policy, she has been a guest on radio and television programs and has been published in media sources across the country.