Celia Viggo Wexler is vice president for advocacy at Common Cause, a nonprofit nonpartisan citizens group with 300,000 members and supporters that works to make government at all levels more open, honest and accountable. She plays a key role in Common Cause’s work on media issues and campaign finance issues.

Ms. Wexler, who joined Common Cause’s national office in 1996, had served for five years as legislative director of New York Common Cause.

Ms. Wexler, who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Toronto, worked for 15 years as a journalist before joining the staff of Common Cause, and earned awards for consumer and labor reporting. She also taught journalism at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, where she earned a graduate degree in communications.