New York University, National Public Radio, Cornell's College of Engineering, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the Legal Aid Society, the Lupus Foundation of America, the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, and Phoenix House. Other activities Siegel is active in the community and is on numerous boards and cultural organizations, including the American Theatre Wing where he is a Tony Award voter. He is a champion for simplicity and clarity, frequently appearing at events and in the media. He spoke about simplifying legal jargon at TED 2010 where, in closing he said, "There is no way that we should allow government to communicate the way they communicate. There is no way we should do business with companies that have agreements with stealth provisions and that are unintelligible. So, how are we going to change the world? Make clarity, transparency and simplicity a national priority." Siegel is a regular columnist in The Huffington Post where he writes about simplicity as it pertains to current events and business trends. He has also written for The Wall Street Journal, including guides such as The Wall Street Journal Guide to Money and Markets, Writing Contracts in Plain English and Simplified Consumer Credit Forms. Siegel also wrote One Man's Eye: Photographs from the Alan Siegel Collection and Step Right This Way: The Photography of Edward J. Kelty. He co-wrote the 2013 book Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity on the power of simplicity in business and government, with Irene Etzkorn, Siegelvision's chief clarity officer. Simple was named one of the best business books of 2013 and the best marketing book of the year by Strategy+Business magazine. References External links Siegelvision American chief executives 20th-century American Jews HuffPost writers and columnists 1938 births Living people Long Beach High School (New York) alumni Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations alumni 21st-century American Jews