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Roger Alford will serve as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division. Mr. Alford previously served in the first Trump Administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division. Prior to returning to the division, he was a tenured Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School for nearly thirteen years. During that time, he also consulted on antitrust matters, including as an expert witness in the landmark 2023 real estate $1.8 billion litigation against the National Association of Realtors, and since 2019 consulting for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas v. Google. He served as a law clerk to Judge James Buckley of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Richard Allison of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. He also practiced law with Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C. and was a Senior Legal Advisor to the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Activities in Zurich, Switzerland. He earned his B.A. with Honors from Baylor University in 1985, his M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, his J.D. with Honors from New York University, and his LL.M., first in class, from Edinburgh University.

Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya took the helm as 18th director of the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s medical research agency, on April 1, 2025. President Trump nominated Dr. Bhattacharya for the position on Nov. 26, 2024, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him on March 25, 2025. Dr. Bhattacharya, a renowned doctor, researcher, health economist, previously held a tenured professorship in the medical school at Stanford University in California. His research focused on population aging and chronic disease, particularly on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. He has published over 170 research papers in peer-reviewed journals in medicine, epidemiology, health policy, economics, statistics, science policy, and public health, as well as a leading textbook on health economics. During the pandemic, Dr. Bhattacharya coauthored the Great Barrington Declaration, which called for opening schools and lifting lockdowns while better protecting older populations who were most vulnerable to the disease. Dr. Bhattacharya held numerous additional appointments at Stanford University, including courtesy appointments at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute and Stanford’s Hoover Institution, and Economics department. Previously, he conducted research at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the SPHERE Institute, a policy research firm. Before joining Stanford, he was an economist at the RAND Corporation and worked as a visiting economics professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Bhattacharya is a longtime NIH grantee and has served as a standing member of multiple NIH review committees. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from Stanford University. He then completed medical school and earned a Ph.D. in economics also from Stanford University.

Traci Biswese is a member of NCTA’s legal team as Vice President and Associate General Counsel with a focus on wireless and spectrum, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and supply chain policy issues. Biswese previously was with Meta, where she served as Associate General Counsel, Telecom & Regulatory, analyzing global connectivity policy and regulatory issues. Prior to Meta, she was Senior Counsel, Legal & Regulatory, with RingCentral where she advised on legal and regulatory issues associated with providing a Voice over IP Software as a Service. Biswese also worked as an associate with the law firm HWG LLP.

Shawn Bone is a Senior Director for Public Policy at Verizon, having joined the company in the fall of 2022. As part of that role, he helps develop spectrum policy positions for the company and interfaces with key federal officials on spectrum matters. Prior to joining Verizon, Shawn spent almost a decade as Democratic Counsel for Telecommunications and Technology Policy on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He began his career in tech and telecom policy at Wiley Rein, a DC-based law firm, and has served as an Adjunct Professor teaching telecom law and policy at the Washington & Lee University School of Law.

David Brodian serves as Chief Counsel for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In this position, he oversees all legal activities of the agency and advises the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information on the development and implementation of key communications and information policies. Prior to his appointment as Chief Counsel, David most recently served as Senior Legal Advisor to Federal Communications Commissioner Nathan Simington. David has also held various other legal and policy positions across government, including at the Federal Communications Commission, NTIA, the United States House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee, and the Department of Commerce Office of General Counsel. David earned his law degree from George Mason University (Scalia) School of Law, a master’s degree from Georgetown University, and his bachelor’s degree from Goucher College.

Wayne Brough is a resident senior fellow on R Street’s Technology and Innovation team. He focuses his research in antitrust and competition policy, intellectual property, and patent law. Prior to R Street, Wayne was the president of the Innovation Defense Foundation, a free-market think tank focusing on technology policy that he co-founded. Additionally, Wayne was the chief economist and vice president for research for FreedomWorks, where he oversaw research on a broad portfolio of issues, promoting market-based solutions to public policy questions. Wayne received his PhD in economics from George Mason University, with a focus in industrial organization and public choice.

Clay Calvert is a nonresident senior fellow in technology policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also a professor of law emeritus at the Levin College of Law and Brechner Eminent Scholar Emeritus at the College of Journalism and Communications, both at the University of Florida. Considered one of the foremost experts on First Amendment law, Dr. Calvert is often a source in writings about the First Amendment and freedom of expression. Dr. Calvert has authored or coauthored more than 150 law journal articles on topics related to freedom of expression. He has published articles in journals affiliated with law schools including Harvard University; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Virginia; the University of Pennsylvania; Columbia University; Duke University; and Georgetown University. In the popular press, his commentaries have appeared in CNN.com, Fortune, the Hill, Time, Newsweek, the New Republic, Orlando Sentinel, the Conversation, and Tampa Bay Times, among others. He is the lead author of a market-leading undergraduate media law textbook Mass Media Law, 22nd ed. (McGraw Hill, 2023) and the author of Voyeur Nation: Media, Privacy, and Peering in Modern Culture (Westview Press, 2000). Dr. Calvert received a law degree from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law and a PhD and BA in communication from Stanford University. He is a member of both the State Bar of California and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Dennis W. Carlton is Senior Managing Director at Compass Lexecon and David McDaniel Keller Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Chicago Booth School, where he teaches across the Business School, Law School, and Economics Department focusing on microeconomics, industrial organization, and antitrust. He has published over 100 articles and two books including a leading industrial organization textbook, serves as co-editor of The Journal of Law and Economics, and sits on editorial boards of Competition Policy International and The Journal of Competition Law and Economics. Carlton served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and as the sole economist on the Congressional Antitrust Modernization Commission that published findings in 2007. As a Senior Managing Director at Compass Lexecon, he has served as an expert in numerous domestic and foreign cases involving antitrust, contract damages, regulation, and intellectual property across industries from telecommunications to automobiles, and has consulted for the DOJ and FTC on cases and merger guideline revisions. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 1975, M.S. in Operations Research from MIT in 1974, and A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1972.

Adam Cassady was appointed as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on March 16, 2025, where he provides advice on telecommunications and information policies and serves as Acting Assistant Secretary and Acting NTIA Administrator until a permanent Assistant Secretary is sworn in. Prior to NTIA, he served over four years at the Federal Communications Commission for Commissioner Nathan Simington, most recently as Chief of Staff and previously as Senior Legal Advisor managing telecommunications and technology portfolios. Before joining the FCC, Cassady co-founded a technology firm focused on enterprise machine learning solutions and holds a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Tanya Das is the Director of AI and Energy Technology Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center where she leads research and policy development on AI and energy, lab-to-market initiatives, energy tax, and supply chains. Prior to her tenure at BPC, Dr. Das developed initiatives to bolster U.S. competitiveness in emerging technology areas as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy. She played a key role in crafting R&D provisions in President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. In Congress, Dr. Das negotiated and advanced legislation related to AI, grid modernization, energy storage, microelectronics, and commercialization as a staffer on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. She also contributed to advanced manufacturing and workforce development policy in the Office of Senator Chris Coons. Her work has been featured in NPR, Politico, Latitude Media, E&E News, Canary Media, RTO Insider, and Foreign Policy. A Michigan native, Dr. Das earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Peter Davidson has served as the Vice President of Global Government Relations and Policy at Intelsat since August of 2020. Prior to that he served as Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, SVP of Government Affairs at Verizon Communications, General Counsel of the U.S. Trade Representative, VP Government Affairs at USWEST and Qwest, General Counsel and Policy Director for the Majority Leader of the U.S House of Representatives, and Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. He is a native Minnesotan, and graduate of Carleton College and the University of Virginia School of Law.

Steve DelBianco is President and CEO of NetChoice, where he leads the organization’s agenda on Internet governance, online consumer protection, and Internet taxation. He has provided expert testimony in 25 Congressional hearings and advocates for NetChoice positions at the National Conference of State Legislatures and American Legislative Exchange Council. Steve regularly appears in major media outlets including 60 Minutes, CNN, CNBC, PBS, and CBS, and his analysis has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, POLITICO, and other leading publications. He serves as elected policy chair for the Business Constituency at ICANN and participates in UN Internet Governance Forum meetings. Before NetChoice, Steve founded Financial Dynamics, an IT consulting firm that grew to over $20 million in revenues before being acquired in 1997. He holds degrees in Engineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, plus an MBA from Wharton.

Thomas DeMatteo is Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee to Senator Mike Lee. He previously served as counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, where he worked closely with leadership and staff on civil merger and non-merger matters across numerous industries including, large technology platforms, defense, finance, and consumer products. Mr. DeMatteo joined the Antitrust Division through the Attorney General’s Honors Program as a Trial Attorney and previously worked at an international law firm, where he advised clients on antitrust and competition matters. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law and the University of Rochester, where he was a member of the football team and selected to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.

Parul Desai is Chief Counsel for the Communications and Technology Subcommittee at House Energy and Commerce Committee. Prior to joining House E and C, Parul served as NTIA’s Director for Congressional Affairs and then as Chief of Staff.  Parul has also worked at the FCC, in the Media, Enforcement, and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureaus.  In addition to over a decade of service with the federal government, Parul spent seven years as an attorney and advocate with two non-profit organizations – Consumer Reports and Media Access Project. Parul is a graduate of Rutgers University and New York Law School.
Andrew DeVore joined Amazon as Vice President & AGC for Litigation in August of 2010 and took on leadership of the Litigation & Regulatory function in September of 2012. He oversees all of the company’s litigation and regulatory affairs, leading the Competition, Privacy, Labor & Employment, Government & Regulatory Litigation, Complex & Intellectual Property Litigation, Law Enforcement Relations, and Lit-Reg Operations teams. Andrew also helps to lead cross-functional external engagement work with the Competition, Competition Economics, Public Policy, and Public Relations teams, and he is particularly proud of having founded and served for many years as executive sponsor of the legal department’s Diversity Leadership Team. Prior to joining Amazon, Andrew founded and ran his own law firm, DeVore & DeMarco in New York focused on advice, investigations, and litigation relating to a wide range of intellectual property and new technology issues. Andrew was previously a litigation partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and litigation boutique Parcher, Hayes & Snyder, and an Assistant US Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he co-founded the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property unit. Andrew also worked at Debevoise & Plimpton and clerked for a US District Judge in the Eastern District of New York. He graduated with honors from New York University School of Law, and for many years taught the Computer and Internet Crimes seminar at Columbia Law School.

Joseph M. Di Scipio is Senior Vice President, Legal and FCC Compliance, for Fox Television Stations, LLC. He joined FTS in 2009. He is responsible for all FCC regulatory matters relating to the Fox-owned-and-operated television stations, negotiating retransmission consent and other distribution agreements, spectrum matters, M&A activity, and other special projects. Before joining Fox, he was a member of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C. Mr. Di Scipio’s broadcast media practice focused on providing advice on FCC compliance in complex transactional matters and credit facility placements, as well as all other aspects of practicing before the FCC. He also negotiated network affiliation agreements and retransmission consent agreements on behalf of his broadcasting clients. While at Fletcher, Mr. Di Scipio served as a Practitioner-in-Residence for Communications Law at Syracuse University College of Law. Before joining Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, Mr. Di Scipio was a partner at Cohn and Marks in Washington, D.C. He also has worked as a field agent for the Federal Communications Commission in Denver, CO, where he was awarded the Catherine Forster Public Service Award for outstanding public service. After graduating from law school, he worked as an attorney in the FCC’s Compliance and Information Bureau and the Common Carrier Bureau. Mr. Di Scipio is a past president of the Federal Communications Bar Association and is a past chair of the FCBA Foundation. Before chairing the Foundation, he served a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the FCBA. He has also served as co-chair of the CLE Committee and co-chair of the FCBA Young Lawyers Committee. In 2008, he was awarded the FCBA Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Di Scipio is a member of the University of Denver Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Advisory Board. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Syracuse University Alumni Association and is a former president of the Syracuse University Law Alumni Association. He is the recipient of the Syracuse University College of Law 2005 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Mr. Di Scipio graduated magna cum laude from the Syracuse University College of Law. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship, and a Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Denver. He is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars and is an associate member of the Virginia Bar.

David Don serves as Senior Vice President for Public Policy at Comcast Corporation. He is responsible for developing and implementing the company’s policy strategies before federal and state governments. Davi?d has worked extensively on communications and spectrum policy for over 25 years. He served on the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) and currently chairs the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG). David joined Comcast in 2006 from the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with honors.

Börje Ekholm is President and CEO of the Ericsson Group. Börje Ekholm assumed this role on January 16, 2017. He knows the company and the industry well after being a Board member of Ericsson for nearly 10 years (first elected 2006). Most recently Ekholm was CEO of Patricia Industries, a division within Investor AB (2015-January 15, 2017). Prior to assuming this position in 2015, he was President and CEO of Investor AB between 2005 and 2015. Previous positions also include Head of New Investments and President of Investor Growth Capital Inc. Ekholm has had various positions at Novare Kapital AB and McKinsey & Co Inc. Börje Ekholm holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as well as a Master of Business Administration, from INSEAD, France. He is a board member of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Trimble Inc. Ekholm is also Member of the Board of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce New York. Since 2017, Member of the Steering Committee of the World Economic Forum Digital Communication Governors. Holds Honorary Doctorate at The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Eric Fruits is a senior scholar at the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), an adjunct professor of economics at Portland State University, and the president and chief economist of Economics International Corp. Previously, he was the vice president of research with the Cascade Policy Institute and principal consultant with Nathan Associates.
He has also held academic appointments at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, the Kelley School of Business, and the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Earlier in his career, he was a senior economist with ECONorthwest and LECG. Eric received his bachelor’s from Indiana University and his PhD from Claremont Graduate University.”

James Goeders, PhD, Head of Product, Google Quantum AI James leads product and go-to-market strategy for Google Quantum AI. Before Google, James held a similar role as Head of Product at the AWS Center for Quantum Computing. James was a founding member of Honeywell’s quantum computing organization, where he served as Chief Scientist and Technical Lead of their trapped ion group before shifting to roles in marketing and business development. James holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics from Louisiana State University.

David Goldman is the Vice President of Satellite Policy for SpaceX. Prior to joining SpaceX in 2018, he was the Chief Counsel for the Communication and Technology Subcommittee since January 2015. Before that, he served as the Senior Legal Advisor for FCC then-Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. He was the Commissioner’s chief advisor on wireless, international, and public safety issues, along with responsibility for other issues of policy, strategy, public relations, and office operations. David joined Commissioner Rosenworcel’s office from the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where he served on detail as Counsel to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Prior to serving on Capitol Hill, David served in a number of positions at the FCC, including in the office of Chairman Genachowski and as a Policy Advisor to the Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. He joined the agency as an Honors Attorney, serving as Attorney Advisor in the Spectrum Competition and Policy Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Before this, he served as Staff Law Clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. He also worked as an associate at the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York. David received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida.

Anna M. Gomez was sworn in as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in September 2023. She believes the FCC does best when its work honors the people it serves. The Commissioner brings over 30 years of public and private sector experience in domestic and international communications law and policy to her position. In 2023, she led U.S. preparations for the International Telecommunication Union World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) for the Department of State and from 2009 to 2013 she served as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Deputy Administrator. While at NTIA she oversaw the successful transition to digital television, as well as efforts that resulted in the establishment of a broadband network for first responders. Commissioner Gomez also served for 12 years in various positions at the FCC, including as Deputy Chief of the International Bureau and as Senior Legal Advisor to then-Chairman William E. Kennard. She also served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, and as Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Economic Council during the Clinton Administration. Prior to joining the State Department in 2023, Commissioner Gomez worked in private practice focusing on telecommunications law. Born in Orlando, Florida, Commissioner Gomez spent her childhood in Bogota, Colombia before her family relocated to New Jersey. She now resides in Virginia. Commissioner Gomez earned her B.A. in Pre-Law from Pennsylvania State University and her J.D. from George Washington University Law School.

Jeff Greene is a Distinguished Fellow with the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity program, and has worked in the national security and cybersecurity space for over twenty years. Most recently he served as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at CISA, where he led the agency’s cybersecurity division during the discovery of and response to the PRC’s recent intrusions into our major wireless providers. At the start of the Biden Administration he served as the Chief for Cyber Response & Policy on the National Security Council in the White House. Previously Jeff worked as the Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at the NIST, the Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Policy at Symantec, and on the Senate and House Homeland Security Committees. He has also served on several cybersecurity boards and commissions, including the Cyber Safety Review Board, NIST’s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board, and as staff to President Obama’s 2016 Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.

Kelcee Griffis is a Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Bloomberg News covering all the things that connect us, from internet service providers and mobile companies to spectrum allocation and emerging technologies.

Conrad Grodd is Vice President for Investor Relations (IR) at Roku since Jan 2020. Prior to Roku, Conrad worked in IR for Yext and Pandora and as a senior IR advisory analyst at the NASDAQ. Conrad brings strong analytical, financial, and communications skills to the job of answering questions about Roku’s vision, strategy and execution. Conrad is on the Board of NIRI (National Investor Relations Institute). He received a BBA in Finance and a BS in Economics from Southern Methodist University.

Ambassador David Gross is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on international telecommunications and Internet policies, having addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and led more U.S. delegations to major international telecommunication conferences than anyone else in modern history. Noted as bringing “innovation and vision to the rapidly changing TMT industry” by Who’s Who Legal and as one of the “Top 30 Telecommunications lawyers in the world” by Euromoney, David draws on more than 30 years of experience as a lawyer, global policymaker, and corporate executive to assist U.S. companies seeking to enter or expand international businesses. He also advises non-U.S. companies, and industry organizations seeking to invest in, monitor, and understand the U.S. and international markets, as well as national governments. David advises companies and others on international and domestic telecoms, Internet, and high-tech strategy focusing on both specific markets and international organizations such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), as well as many regional organizations.

Marsden Hanna leads sustainability and climate public policy as part of the Global Affairs team at Google. He previously held roles on the energy market development team in the Infrastructure Group, where he focused on helping the company meet its goal of achieving 24/7 carbon-free energy supply for its operations. Prior to Google, he was Director of Business Analysis and Strategy at Opower Inc. He has previously worked at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Kate Harper is the Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. O’Connor previously served as the Chief of Staff for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, where she worked on legislative and communications policy focused on spectrum and broadband issues. She also worked in NTIA’s Office of Congressional Affairs and engaged with Congress, state government officials, and other federal agencies to advance the Administration’s legislative initiatives on broadband and 5G. Prior to joining NTIA, O’Connor worked in the United States Senate. She began her Senate career working in the office of Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and then served as a Legislative Assistant for Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), where she handled issues before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, including telecommunications policy. Ms. O’Connor attended the University of Chicago, and is originally from Chicago, IL.

Scott Blake Harris is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Crest Hill Advisors, with nearly five decades of legal and policy experience in Washington, D.C., focused on communications, technology, and energy. He recently served as Senior Spectrum Advisor and Director of the National Spectrum Strategy at NTIA and previously held senior roles in government, including General Counsel of the Department of Energy, Chief of the FCC’s International Bureau, and Chief Counsel at the Department of Commerce. In the private sector, he co-founded Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, served as General Counsel of Neustar, and held leadership roles at top law firms. A magna cum laude graduate of both Brown University and Harvard Law School, Scott has received numerous honors, including recognition as a “Visionary” and “Dean of the Bar” by the Federal Communications Bar Association and the Marconi-Bell Award for his work on unlicensed spectrum.

Thomas Hazlett holds the H.H. Macaulay Endowed Chair in Economics at Clemson University, conducting research in the field of Law and Economics and specializing in the Information Economy, including the analysis of markets and regulation in telecommunications, media, and the Internet. Prof. Hazlett served as Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission, and has held faculty positions at the University of California, Davis, Columbia University, the Wharton School, and George Mason University School of Law. His research has appeared in such academic publications as the Journal of Law & Economics, the Journal of Legal Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Rand Journal of Economics, and he has published articles in the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Yale Journal on Regulation, the Columbia Law Review, and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. He also writes for popular periodicals including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reason, The New Republic, The Economist, Slate, and the Financial Times, where he was a columnist on technology policy issues, 2002-2011. Prof. Hazlett also serves as Director of the Information Economy Project at Clemson University. He has provided expert testimony to federal and state courts, regulatory agencies, committees of Congress, foreign governments, and international organizations. His latest book, THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone, was published by Yale University Press in 2017.

Dr. Steven Herscovici is an economist and Principal at The Brattle Group who specializes in applying economics, finance, and data analysis to litigation and complex business issues. He has extensive experience as an expert witness in antitrust, employment discrimination, and commercial damages cases, and has testified on music copyright valuations for performing rights organizations, publishers, and record companies. Dr. Herscovici designs surveys to assess product substitutability, damages, and consumer awareness, and provides economic analyses across diverse industries including payment cards, entertainment, financial services, travel, and utilities. He has managed large-scale consulting projects throughout all litigation stages, presented analyses to federal agencies like the DOJ and FTC, and contributed to public policy work including evaluating Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid and coauthoring antitrust amicus briefs for the pharmaceutical industry.

Marty Hopkins is a Partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer. Marty advises energy clients on a variety of complex regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters. Investor-owned utilities, renewable and conventional generation, energy storage systems, large flexible loads, energy technology companies, private equity investors, developers, and retail electric providers rely on Marty’s expertise in state, ISO/RTO, and local regulation when developing projects, transacting, and litigating contested cases before state agencies and in state and federal court. She has significant experience with multi-state and Texas-jurisdictional transmission projects and utility rate proceedings. Marty also regularly advises clients on issues related to registration, certification, reporting, and compliance with state commissions and ISOs/RTOs, including the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

Jennifer Huddleston is a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute. Her research focuses on the intersection of emerging technology and law with a particular interest in the interactions between technology and the administrative state. Huddleston’s work covers topics including antitrust, online content moderation, data privacy, and the benefits of technology and innovation. Her work has appeared in USA Today, National Review, the Chicago Tribune, Slate, RealClearPolicy, and U.S. News and World Report. She has published in law journals including the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, George Mason Law Review, Oklahoma Law Review, and Colorado Technology Law Journal. Huddleston has a JD from the University of Alabama School of Law and a BA in political science from Wellesley College.
Umair Javed serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at CTIA, having joined in 2023 as Senior Vice President, Spectrum to advance the wireless industry’s spectrum priorities. He previously served as Chief Counsel to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, where he was the FCC designee on President Biden’s Competition Council, led the National Security Policy Council, and represented the agency at international conferences. During his FCC tenure, he crafted the Spectrum Coordination Initiative, oversaw a record-breaking spectrum auction, coordinated 5G C-band deployment, and partnered with Congress on key telecommunications legislation including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Before the FCC, he was Legal Advisor to Commissioner Rosenworcel and worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP’s Telecom, Media, and Technology Group. Umair holds a J.D. and B.A. from the University of Virginia, is barred in D.C. and Virginia, and has received recognition including being named to the inaugural Lawyers of Color Hot List and receiving the 2023 Public Safety Communications Leadership award.

Victoria Jeffries is Director of AI Policy at Meta. Prior to taking on the role she head the position of Global Head of Competition Policy where she lead Meta’s team of competition policy experts around the world developing policy, strategy, and stakeholder engagement on competition issues and advising the business on the same. She has spent her career working in government and the private sector on public policy, legal, and competition issues in the media and technology space. Victoria earned her JD at Emory University School of Law, and her BA in International Relations at Tufts University.

Charles I. Jones is The STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society, and a co-editor of Econometrica. He is currently the area coordinator for the economics group at Stanford GSB. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth (2013) and Macroeconomics (2020).

Margot Kaminski is a Professor at the University of Colorado Law School and the Director of the Privacy Initiative at Silicon Flatirons. She specializes in the law of new technologies, focusing on information governance, privacy, and freedom of expression. Recently, her work has focused on AI Law; she is currently drafting a leading co-authored casebook in the field. In 2018, Professor Kaminski conducted research on comparative data privacy law as a recipient of the Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Grant. In 2024, she conducted research on comparative AI Law at the European University Institute (EUI) as a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow and recipient of a 2024 Fulbright-Schuman Grant. She is a 2024-25 Faculty Associate of the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University and an Affiliated Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. Professor Kaminski’s academic work has been published or is forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, UCLA Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, and Boston University Law Review, among others. Her work has received the 2022 Jules Milstein Scholarship Award for excellence in legal scholarship; the Future of Privacy Forum’s 2020 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award; the 2019 University of Colorado Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty; and the 2016 Junior Scholar Award at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (2016). Prior to joining Colorado Law, Professor Kaminski was an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (2014-2017) and served for three years as the Executive Director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. She is a co-founder of the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Ashkhen Kazaryan is a fellow for the First Amendment at Freedom Forum. She specializes in digital free speech, artificial intelligence and the intersection of constitutional rights and technology. She is also a senior legal fellow at the Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University, where she leads initiatives to protect free expression and shape policies that uphold the First Amendment in the digital age. Previously, Kazaryan served as a senior fellow at Stand Together and Meta’s content regulation lead for North America and Latin America and policy lead on Section 230. Before that she served as the director of civil liberties at TechFreedom. While attending Yale Law School, Kazaryan served as an articles editor for the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, senior editor for the Yale Law & Policy Review, editor for the Yale Journal of Law & Technology, and co-chair of the Public Interest Fellowship. Her insights and expertise are regularly sought out by major news outlets including Axios, the BBC, CNBC, FOX DC, Newsy, Politico, The Information and the Washington Examiner.

Julie Kearney is a Partner and Co-Chair in Space Exploration and Innovation Practice of DLA Piper. Julie is a globally recognized and dynamic lawyer in the technology, satellite, space, and telecommunications field. For more than 25 years, Julie has worked with governments, industries, and the public sector around the world to promote legal and regulatory frameworks and policies that enable life-changing technologies. As the first Chief of the Space Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), she represented and spoke for the Chairwoman and Commissioners on satellite and space-based communication matters and represented the Commission at the domestic and international level. Under Kearney’s leadership, the FCC unanimously adopted several regulatory frameworks and launched initiatives to successfully advance industry leadership in the New Space Age. Additionally, during her tenure as Chief, the FCC adopted a regulatory structure for Supplemental Coverage from Space, which made the FCC the first regulator in the world to issue a framework for connecting satellites directly to consumer handsets using spectrum previously allocated only to terrestrial service.

Jim Kohlenberger serves as President of JK Strategies, a public policy consulting practice, and holds board positions with the Benton Institute for Broadband, Measures for Justice, and serves as an advisor to EqualAI. As a national technology and innovation policy leader, he has served as technology policy advisor to two U.S. Presidents, including Chief of Staff for the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Obama White House where he helped drive transformative innovation policy, advised on national cybersecurity, and championed initiatives around scientific integrity and open data, and as Senior Domestic Policy Advisor in the Clinton White House where he formulated U.S. policy on innovation and telecommunications while leading initiatives to close the digital divide and advance online safety. Beyond his White House service, he has led major national nonprofit initiatives including Jobs4America (creating over 100,000 broadband-enabled jobs), Education SuperHighway (extending gigabit broadband to every U.S. school), and innovative SmartCities initiatives that catalyzed over $500 million in private sector investments, while also serving as Executive Director for the Voice on the Net coalition and receiving NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal for advancing U.S. space policy.

Evan Kwerel is Senior Economic Advisor in the Office of Economics and Analytics at the Federal Communications Commission. He has worked on a broad range of spectrum policy issues and has been a proponent of market-based approaches to spectrum management. He conceived the “broadcast incentive auction” – the world’s first two-sided auction to repurpose spectrum – and helped shape the bill to authorize it. After Congress enacted authorizing legislation, he was the key policy advisor on the Incentive Auction Task Force. The broadcast incentive auction concluded in 2017, reallocating 84 MHz of television broadcast spectrum nationwide to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services. In 1993, after Congress granted the FCC auction authority, he was the primary architect of the FCC’s innovative simultaneous multiple round auction methodology. He was also a major intellectual force in the development of price caps as a replacement for rate-of-return regulation and reforming the regulation of international telecom facilities and rates. From 1976 to 1982, he was an assistant professor of economics at Yale University. In 1981 he was a Brookings Economic Policy Fellow, and from 1982 to 1983, he was a senior economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He joined the FCC in 1983. In 1995 he received the Federal Communications Commission’s Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service. In 2009 the Federal Communications Bar Association awarded him the Excellence in Government Service Award. He received the Presidential Rank Award in 2012. Dr. Kwerel received his B.A. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Steve Lang was confirmed on May 14, 2024 by the Senate as U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, with the rank of Ambassador. He had served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Information and Communications Policy since November 2022. Previously he served as the Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs at U.S. Embassy Tokyo (2020-2022) and in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of International Communication and Information Policy as Director of both the Office of Multilateral Affairs (2017-2018) and the Office of Bilateral and Regional Affairs (2015-2017). From 2013 to 2015, Steve was the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the Department of State (2011-2013) and as a Senior Analyst in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office of Japan, Korea, and APEC Affairs (2010-2011). Prior tours include the U.S. Consulate-General in Guangzhou, China; the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei; the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok; and the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba. Before joining the State Department, Steve worked as an economist for the Department of Labor and is a graduate of Georgetown University

Xiaomeng Lu is a senior analyst in Eurasia Group’s geo-technology practice. She focuses on the interactions of emerging technologies with geopolitics, market dynamics, and regulatory norms. She provides in-depth analysis on key policy issues such as cybersecurity, data protection, artificial intelligence, internet governance, 5G, and trade. Before joining Eurasia Group, Xiaomeng was the China practice lead at consulting firm Access Partnership. In this capacity, she helped top financial and cloud service providers of the US enter China’s market amid the trade war between the two countries. She also played a key role in establishing and expanding the company’s first office in Asia, which generated over $1 million in revenue in three years. Previously, Xiaomeng worked as a global policy director at the Information Technology Industry Council, where she conducted successful advocacy campaigns that led to the suspension of onerous regulatory regimes, helping global electronics manufacturers save billions in potential losses. Xiaomeng has a master’s degree in international trade policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Renmin University of China.

Joni Lupovitz serves as Vice President & Associate General Counsel for NCTA ”“ The Internet & Television Association, where she works on policy and regulation involving cable TV program networks, media, consumer protection, and competition. Joni previously served as NPR’s Senior Director, Public Policy, representing NPR and the public radio system before Congress and federal agencies. Before that, as Vice President, Policy at Common Sense Media, she led advocacy on children’s online privacy and connected classrooms. Joni’s 14-year tenure at the Federal Trade Commission included serving as the agency’s Chief of Staff, Attorney Advisor for Commissioner Jon Leibowitz, and Assistant Director for Enforcement in the Bureau of Consumer Protection. She worked in private practice earlier in her career. Joni holds a J.D. from George Washington University Law School and a B.A. from McGill University.

Jennifer A. Manner is the Senior Advisor for Space and Satellite Policy at the NTIA’s Office of Spectrum Management. Previously, she was Senior VP of Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corporation and held senior positions at the FCC and in the industry, including at MCI/WorldCom and Skyterra. Jennifer has led various organizations like the Global Satellite Operators Association and chaired the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. She has taught law at Georgetown University and Carnegie Mellon, authored several books on telecommunications, and produced the film “When Wire Was King.” Jennifer holds degrees from SUNY Albany, New York Law School, and Georgetown University Law School. She resides in Bethesda, MD with her husband and golden doodle.

Scott Martin was former Deputy General Council at Paramount Pictures Corporation in Hollywood, where he was responsible for rights acquisition issues, copyright and trademark clearances and registrations, content protection strategy, rights enforcement and litigations, and intellectual property policy. Scott served as production counsel for numerous motion pictures and has worked on films including Forrest Gump, Mission: Impossible, The Truman Show, Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, Paranormal Activity, and Up in the Air. Prior to joining Paramount Pictures in 1992, he was in private practice in New York City. Scott has taught at Columbia University School of Law as an Associate in Law and at the University of Southern California School of Law and the University of Southern California School of Music as an adjunct professor. He has served on behalf of the U.S. State Department as a copyright law consultant in Estonia, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Lithuania. He holds undergraduate degrees from Skidmore College and the Université de Paris (L’Institut d’Études Politiques), a Masters Degree in International Relations from American University, a J.D. degree from American University, and an LL.M. degree from Columbia University.

Laura Martin is Managing Director, Entertainment, Cable and Media at Needham & Company LLC. Martin began her career at Drexel Burnham Lambert in media investment banking, followed by Capital Research & Management, where she advised $100 billion and managed a $500 million portfolio of media stocks. She moved to Credit Suisse First Boston in 1994 as the senior media analyst, where she was nationally ranked by Institutional Investor between 1999 and 2001. In 2002, Martin moved to Paris to become EVP of Financial Strategy and Investor Relations for Vivendi Universal. In 2004, she founded Media Metrics, LLC publishing equity research on the largest entertainment, cable and Internet stocks in the U.S., where she was nationally ranked as “Best of the Independent Research Boutiques” by Institutional Investor for many years. In 2009, Martin moved to Needham & Company, where she publishes research on the largest Internet and Entertainment companies. Martin received her BA from Stanford and her MBA from Harvard Business School, and she is a CFA and CMT.

Svetlana Matt is Director of Public Policy at DISH, where she leads the company’s public policy work. Before joining DISH, Svetlana worked as AI Policy Manager at Meta, where she led global AI legislation and policy development efforts. Prior to Meta, Svetlana served as Legislative Director for Congressman Jerry McNerney. In this role, she oversaw the Congressman’s legislative agenda, handled telecommunications and technology policy for the Congressman and his work on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and drove the staff work of the House Wi-Fi Caucus and the House AI Caucus (which the Congressman co-chaired). Her experience also includes serving as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and various positions at the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the World Bank. She holds a J.D. from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), and a B.A. in Economics and International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound.

Rob McDowell is co-chair of Cooley’s global communications practice group, advising telecommunications, media, and technology clients, including private equity funds, on critical regulatory, legal, and business matters. A former FCC commissioner appointed by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate both times. During his tenure, Rob expanded consumer access to spectrum, played a key role in the 2009 digital TV transition, and established a federal ban on racially discriminatory broadcast advertising practices. He also worked on major mergers like Sirius/XM, Comcast/NBC-Universal, and Verizon/AllTel. At Cooley, he represents clients on transformative deals before the FCC, Congress, and other regulatory bodies. An advocate for internet freedom, Rob served on the US delegation to the 2012 World Conference on International Telecommunications, successfully opposing international internet regulation.

Jon Nuechterlein is a Washington, DC-based attorney and writer with broad experience in government and the private sector. He is a Distinguished Scholar at George Washington University’s Competition Law Center, an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School, where he teaches seminars in antitrust and telecommunications law, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute. In December 2024, he retired from Sidley Austin LLP after nearly nine years as a partner and co-leader of the firm’s Telecom and Internet Competition practice. From 2013 to 2016, Jon served as General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission, where he oversaw the Commission’s appellate litigation activities and provided legal counsel on a range of antitrust and consumer protection issues. Jon’s extensive government experience also includes positions as Deputy General Counsel of the FCC (2000-2001), as Assistant to the Solicitor General (1996-2000), and as law clerk to D.C. Circuit Judge Stephen Williams (1990-91) and Supreme Court Justice David Souter (1991-92). He is a graduate of Yale Law School (1990) and Yale College (1986). Jon is the author, with Phil Weiser, of the first two editions of Digital Crossroads: Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 1st ed. 2005 & 2d ed. 2013). He and Georgetown Law Professor Howard Shelanski are finishing work on the third edition of that book, which is scheduled for publication in early 2026.

Peter-Anthony Pappas is a patent professional and Director of Intellectual Property Policy for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary under Senator Thom Tillis, where he advises on all IP matters, tech policy including AI and blockchain, antitrust, and judicial nominations. Previously serving as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and USPTO Director, he helped develop the 2019 “Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance,” created frameworks for AI-assisted patent examination, and established the first agency working group on AI and IP rights. With extensive USPTO experience including roles as Patent Trial and Appeal Board Branch Chief and Primary Patent Examiner, he co-authored groundbreaking research on gender gaps in patenting and independent inventor lifecycles based on the agency’s first randomized control trial, which he created and which led to the Pro Se Pilot Program for independent inventors. Peter-Anthony holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech and an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School, and has served over a decade on the SPECO Board of Directors, including five years as Chairman.

Edward Parker is a physical scientist at RAND. He is broadly interested in the societal impact of disruptive technologies, and his current research focuses on emerging quantum technologies, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He has served as a peer reviewer for the physics journals Quantum Science and Technology, Transactions in Engineering Management, the American Journal of Physics, the European Journal of Physics, and Physica A. Prior to joining RAND, Parker received his Ph.D. in theoretical solid-state physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he numerically modeled exotic magnetic materials that could be useful for building quantum computers.

Matt Perault is the Head of AI Policy at Andreessen Horowitz. He also currently serves as a senior fellow at the Center on Technology Policy at New York University, a board member of the North Carolina Institute of Technology Policy, a contributing editor at Lawfare, a fellow at the Abundance Institute, and a fellow at the National Security Institute at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. Prior to joining a16z, he served as the Director of the Center on Technology Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill, a professor of the practice at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science, and a consultant on technology policy issues at Open Water Strategies. Earlier, Matt worked as a director of public policy at Facebook, where he led the company’s global public policy planning efforts on issues such as competition, law enforcement, and human rights. Matt holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University.

James E. Prieger is an economist specializing in regulatory economics, industrial organization, and applied econometrics. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Davis. Prieger has written for scholarly journals on a diverse array of policy topics such as the impact of telecommunications regulation on innovation; broadband deployment and the digital divide; the impact of the broadband provisions of ARRA (the 2009 stimulus bill); whether cell phone use causes traffic accidents; the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on retail firms; applications barriers to entry in network markets; entrepreneurship, R&D, and economic growth; the determinants of civic engagement; minority entrepreneurship; and tobacco taxes and illicit markets. Prieger currently serves as a Senior Fellow for the Reason Foundation and participates as an academic advisory board member for The Free State Foundation. Prieger sits on the editorial boards of Applied Economics Quarterly and the International Journal of Business Environment, and his own research has been published in Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, and elsewhere. Prieger spent a year in 2008-2009 as Senior Economist with the Federal Communications Commission, advising on broadband and telecom merger policy. He has consulted for major telecommunications and other companies on regulatory issues and presented at panels convened by the FCC. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

Emelia (Emmy) Probasco is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where she works on the military applications of Artificial Intelligence. Prior to joining CSET, she was the Chief Communications Officer and Communications Department Head at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), leading technical and institutional communications to support and drive APL’s strategic vision. Prior to APL, Emmy served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, deploying twice to the Indo-Pacific. She also served in the Pentagon as the speechwriter to the Chief of Naval Operations and at the U.S. Naval Academy as an instructor in political science. She has masters’ degrees in Forced Migration and Economic and Social History from Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a degree in Political Science from the U.S. Naval Academy. She is also currently serving as a special government employee advising the Defense Innovation Unit.

Alan Raul is a Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Board Chair and President of the Future of Privacy Forum, and Board Secretary of the Society for the Rule of Law. Alan founded Sidley Austin LLP’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and was a Partner and Senior Counsel of the firm for nearly three decades. In addition to his teaching and board service, Alan continues to represent clients on U.S. and international matters through Raul Consulting Company. He advises companies on regulatory enforcement, crisis management, compliance and due diligence regarding data practices, information technology, artificial intelligence, and cyber attacks, breaches and software vulnerabilities. Alan also addresses issues concerning constitutional, administrative and national security law. His opinion pieces on current legal and policy issues have appeared in various leading publications. At Harvard Law School, Alan teaches “Digital Governance: Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology.” He is an Affiliate of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He has directed a BKC/HLS Reading Group on Emerging TechReg Policies, and has taught “Cybersecurity Risks, Rules and Responsibilities” at both Harvard and Georgetown Law School, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Law. He is a longstanding member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Nantucket Atheneum, the island’s historic public library. Alan has served in government as Vice Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. During his service on PCLOB, the Board addressed the Terrorist Surveillance Program authorized by the President. He also served as General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget; General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Associate Counsel to the President. In his prior government service, Alan represented the White House in connection with congressional and independent counsel investigations of the Iran-Contra episode. Alan received his J.D. from Yale Law School, M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School, and A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College.

Brandy Reitter is Executive Director of the Colorado Broadband Office. Brandy joined the Colorado Broadband Office in 2022 and is responsible for providing oversight and management of the office’s programs and state-wide strategy for broadband deployment. Her work includes education, outreach, supporting regional collaborations, fostering relations with partners, and mobilizing resources to improve the access and affordability of high speed internet. She works to assist with policy and legislative development, serves on various broadband boards, and supports the work of the office. Her professional experience includes 15 years in local government management in cities and towns across the State of Colorado. As a former Town Manager, she built broadband programs in rural communities and has leveraged resources to deploy broadband in her communities. Her local government experience includes managing towns in Weld, Chaffee, Saguache and Eagle Counties. She has served in roles in public utilities, economic development, and government operations in the City of Longmont, City and County of Denver and the Government of the District of Columbia. She has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. In 2020, Brandy won the City Manager of the Year for the State of Colorado by the Colorado City County Managers Association and has been appointed to boards for several civic organizations. Brandy is originally from Colorado and grew up on the Front Range. She moved to the high country 10 years ago and has lived in Summit, Chaffee and Eagle Counties. She calls the Town of Eagle her home and has spent most of her career in rural Colorado. In her free time, Brandy enjoys skiing, camping, running, mountain/dirt biking and rafting the Colorado and Arkansas Rivers. She enjoys these activities with her husband Chris and dog Tink.

Edgar Rivas serves as Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, where he drafts legislation and guides policy work under the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s jurisdiction, including technology, telecommunications, cybersecurity, space, consumer protection, and transportation issues. He leads the Senator’s work as Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security and previously helped advance the CHIPS & Science Act as part of the Bipartisan Innovation & Competition Conference. Before the Senate, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Tom O’Halleran on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, focusing on technology, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and energy issues, and worked in government relations at Ogilvy Government Relations and Liz Robbins Associates building coalitions for technology sector clients. Rivas holds a Masters in Public Policy and Bachelor’s in International Relations from George Mason University.
Elizabeth Rossi works on external affairs and governance for Google Quantum AI, facilitating initiatives to connect Google Quantum AI’s research with industry leaders, policymakers, and the public. Before Google, Elizabeth consulted with the Department of Defense on the intersection of quantum computing and security strategy. She also gained her technical expertise as a physics researcher with the US Army and a mathematician for US intelligence. Elizabeth holds a BS in physics from The George Washington University.

Greg Saphier is Senior Vice President, Head of Public Affairs at the Motion Picture Association, where he oversees the association’s outreach to third party stakeholders. In this role, he educates diverse communities about the creative industries and policy frameworks that support storytellers. Greg also serves on the board of directors of the Copyright Alliance and is a American Council of Young Political Leaders alumnus. Prior to joining MPA, Greg served as senior director of state government affairs for NCTA – the internet & television association, representing the cable industry before state intergovernmental organizations. He was also manager of government affairs for the Maryland & DC Credit Union Association, and started his career in Washington as a legislative assistant for Congressman Nick Rahall. Greg received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire and his master’s of public policy from George Mason University. He resides in Falls Church, VA with his wife and three children.

Jay Schwarz is Chief of the FCC Space Bureau. Previously, he served as Vice President of Public Policy for Comcast, focusing on broadband issues. In his first tour at the FCC he was Wireline Advisor to former Chairman Ajit Pai and held positions within the Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Strategic Planning. Jay holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Carl Shapiro is a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He also is the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy Emeritus at the Haas School of Business. Shapiro had the honor of serving as a Senate-confirmed Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers during 2011-12. For the two years immediately prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice; he also held that position during 1995-96. From 1998 to 2008, Shapiro served as Director of the Institute of Business and Economic Research at UC Berkeley. He has been Editor and Co-Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, among other honors. Shapiro earned his Ph.D. in Economics at M.I.T. in 1981, taught at Princeton University during the 1980s, and has been on the faculty at UC Berkeley since 1990. Shapiro is the co-author, with Hal R. Varian, of Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, published by the Harvard Business School Press. Information Rules has received critical acclaim for its application of economic principles to the Information Economy and has been widely read by managers and adopted for classroom use. Shapiro has published extensively in the areas of industrial organization, competition policy, patents, the economics of innovation, and competitive strategy. His current research interests include competition policy, the economics of innovation, the design and use of patents, housing finance, and energy and environmental economics.

Ben Sheffner is Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, at the Motion Picture Association, where he specializes in copyright, First Amendment, and policy issues affecting MPA member studios. With dual appointments in Legal and Government Affairs, he formulates strategies to create favorable environments for the industry, represents MPA before government officials, manages the amicus brief program, and serves as counsel to the Title Registration Bureau. Prior to joining MPA in 2011, he held in-house positions at NBCUniversal and Twentieth Century Fox, worked as an associate at O’Melveny & Myers litigating copyright cases for major studios and networks, and served as Special Counsel on Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign handling intellectual property issues. Ben clerked for Judge M. Margaret McKeown on the Ninth Circuit, serves as an Adviser to the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law, Copyright project, and previously worked as a political reporter covering congressional elections and campaign finance for the Cook Political Report and Roll Call. He holds an A.B. from Harvard College and a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law.

Howard Shelanski is Professor of Law at Georgetown University where he holds the Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation. His research and writing focus on competition policy and regulation. Howard is also a Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he represents clients across a range of industries in merger and conduct investigations by federal antitrust agencies and other regulatory authorities. From 2013 to 2017, Howard served as Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Before that, he was Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics. Howard also served as the FCC’s Chief Economist and as a Senior Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He began his career clerking for Judge Stephen Williams on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge Louis H. Pollak on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Justice Antonin Scalia. Howard earned his BA at Haverford College and his JD and PhD at the University of California at Berkeley.

Nathan Simington is a visiting fellow in Hudson Institute’s Center for the Economics of the Internet. He was nominated to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission by President Donald J. Trump. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in 2020. Commissioner Simington brought both private- and public-sector experience to the FCC. Previously, he served as senior advisor at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In this role, he worked on many aspects of telecommunications policy, including spectrum allocation and planning, broadband access, and the US government’s role in the internet. Prior to joining the commission, he was senior counsel to Brightstar Corp., an international mobile device services company. In this capacity, he led and negotiated telecommunications equipment and services transactions with leading providers in over 20 countries. Prior to joining Brightstar, he worked as an attorney in private practice. Commissioner Simington is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He also holds degrees from the University of Rochester and Lawrence University. Commissioner Simington grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. He became a United States citizen and now lives in McLean, Virginia, with his wife and three children.

Michael D. Smith is a Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Smith’s research uses economic and statistical techniques to analyze firm and consumer behavior in online markets — specifically markets for digital information and digital media products. His research in this area has been published in leading Management Science, Economics, and Marketing journals and covered by professional journals including The Harvard Business Review and The Sloan Management Review and press outlets including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Wired and Business Week. Professor Smith has received several awards for his teaching and research including the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER Research Award, the 2009 and 2004 Best Teacher Awards in Carnegie Mellon’s Masters of Information Systems Management program, the best published paper award runner-up for Information Systems Research in 2006, and best paper nominations at the International Conference on Information Systems and the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. He was also recently selected as one of the top 100 “emerging engineering leaders in the United States” by the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Smith currently serves as a Senior Editor at Information Systems Research, and has previously served as an Associate Editor at Management Science and Management Information Systems Quarterly. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., Professor Smith worked extensively in the telecommunications and information systems industries, first with GTE in their laboratories, telecommunications, and satellite business units and subsequently with Booz Allen and Hamilton as a member of their telecommunications client service team. While with GTE, Professor Smith was awarded a patent for research applying fuzzy logic and artificial intelligence techniques to the design and operation of telecommunications networks. He received his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) and his Masters of Science in Telecommunications Science from the University of Maryland, and received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Technology from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Jim Speta is Elizabeth Froehling Horner Professor of Law at Northwestern University. Jim has been a member of the faculty since 1999. Jim is an experienced academic leader. He is currently Co-President of the Law Schools Global League, a consortium of 32 global and globally-minded law schools. At Northwestern Law, Jim served as Interim Dean during the pandemic, and previously as Vice Dean, Senior Associate Dean for International Initiatives, and Senior Associate Dean for Curriculum. Jim oversaw significant DEI initiatives, curriculum reform, new international and cross-campus joint degree programs and partnerships, and other programmatic improvements. At the University, Jim has served on the University’s Global Council and as an Ambassador for the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. His research interests include telecommunications and Internet policy, antitrust, administrative law, and market organization. Jim authored among the first legal academic articles on net neutrality and has continued that research into platform markets and the metaverse. He teaches across the curriculum, from Administrative Law and Antitrust to Telecommunications and Internet Policy to Torts. A 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Speta joined the Northwestern faculty following a one-year visit. He had previously clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced appellate, telecommunications, and antitrust law with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin.

Cate Stetson is the co-director of Hogan Lovells’ nationally acclaimed Appellate practice group and has twice served as an elected member of the firm’s Global Board. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers for Appellate Litigation and hailed by clients as “immensely impressive,” she has argued over 100 appeals and dozens of trial-court matters. Her respected practice sees her arguing a diverse range of high-stakes and complex cases, including multiple arguments before the Supreme Court, every federal circuit court of appeals, state appellate courts ranging from New York to California, and district courts spanning the country from Alaska to Vermont.

Arpan Sura advises FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on a wide range of legal, policy, and technology issues. He previously served as Senior Counsel to the Chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, where he led key initiatives on spectrum policy, emerging technologies, and infrastructure. Before that, Arpan practiced at Hogan Lovells, Sprint, and Arnold & Porter, where he handled regulatory and litigation matters for telecom and tech clients. Arpan graduated from William & Mary Law School and holds degrees in computer science, philosophy, and government from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mike is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage of data protection and AI regulation. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

Berin Szóka is President of TechFreedom. Named one of Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People by Washingtonian Magazine, his work focuses on how law shapes digital media in the U.S. and Europe, especially free expression, consumer and child protection, and telecommunications. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Before joining PFF, he practiced law at Latham & Watkins LLP and Lawler Metzger Milkman & Keeney, LLC, and clerked for the Hon. H. Dale Cook, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Szóka received his juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, a master’s in European Law at Panthéon-Assas University Paris II, and a B.S. in economics from Duke University. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and California (inactive).
Shane Tews is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on digital economy issues including artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, next-generation networking (5G), the Internet of Things, international internet governance, international information and communications technology (ICT), and emerging technologies. She is also president of Logan Circle Strategies, a strategic advisory firm. She is vice chair of the board of directors of the Internet Education Foundation; Vice-chair of the Internet Society’s Washington, DC, chapter; member of the board of SeedAI; chair of the board of directors at TechFreedom. Previously, Ms. Tews served as co-chair of the Internet Governance Forum USA. and former chair of the Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things of the Internet Governance Forum. She was a member of the board of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the Information Technology Industry Council, and Global Women’s Innovation Network. She also managed internet security and digital commerce issues as vice president of global policy for Verisign. She began her career in the George H. W. Bush White House as a deputy associate director in the Office of Cabinet Affairs and later moved to Capitol Hill as a legislative director for Rep. Gary Franks (R-CT).
Bryan N Tramont is Managing Partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP. Bryan is widely recognized as one of the nation’s top media and communications lawyers. A relentless advocate, Bryan is sought after by clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to innovative startups for his exceptional understanding of spectrum management, transactions and strategic advocacy before multiple regulatory agencies. His commitment to excellence brings both loyal clients and leading industry honors. Bryan’s years as Chief of Staff at the Federal Communications Commission under Chairman Michael Powell, along with his earlier work at the agency and beyond, give him a profound understanding of the often complex legal, political and regulatory environments where his clients operate. His keen instincts for achieving results have been honed at the center of the industry. In addition to his role as Managing Partner, Bryan also leads the strategy and implementation of WBK’s award-winning communications, media and technology team, and directs client management and development. Bryan lives by the pay it forward ethos, a philosophy he’s helped to infuse throughout WBK. He gives generously of his time and talents to support the community. Whether as a speaker, educator or thought-leader, Bryan is always focused on helping others succeed and encouraging the next generation to thrive.

Jennifer A. Warren is Vice President, Civil & Regulatory Affairs (C&RA) for Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, she is responsible for leading the corporation’s US Government civil customer relationships, outside of NASA and NOAA, as well as the corporation’s regulatory team engagement across the Executive Branch, Independent Agencies and Intergovernmental Bodies on Lockheed Martin programs, technologies and systems. The C&RA regulatory portfolio includes spectrum governance, 5G, commercial space, crewed/uncrewed aviation, ocean minerals, and emerging technologies. Ms Warren serves on Federal Advisory Committees, including as an appointed member of NASA Advisory Council’s Regulatory Policy Committee, and has just completed serving as Co-Chair of the Department of Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC). Ms Warren holds leadership positions in several professional / trade organizations, including the Boards of the Satellite Industry Association and the US ITU Association. In 1996, Ms Warren joined Lockheed Martin’s Space & Strategic Missiles Sector, and in 2001 she became part of LM Washington Operations. Prior to Lockheed Martin, she served in several senior roles at the US Federal Communications Commission; before joining the US Government, Ms Warren worked for the Commission of the European Union – both in Brussels, and in Washington, DC, – with a focus on EU-US trade. She is also a graduate of Georgetown University (B.S. in Languages) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)

Phil Weiser is serving his second term as Colorado’s 39th attorney general, where he has led efforts to protect consumers, enhance public safety, defend democracy, and promote justice. Under his leadership, the Colorado Department of Law has secured over $750 million in opioid settlement funds and $250 million in consumer relief, modernized peace officer training, and strengthened victim protections. He is a champion of reproductive and LGBTQ rights, environmental protection, and youth mental health, leading multistate investigations into Big Tech and securing significant funds for vaping prevention. Weiser previously served as dean of the University of Colorado Law School, clerked for Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and held senior roles in the DOJ. The son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, he is committed to expanding opportunity for all Coloradans.
Frank Wolak is the Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies in the Economics Department and Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. He specializes in privatization, competition, and regulation in network industries including electricity, water, telecommunications, and transportation, with recent research focusing on energy and environmental market design and monitoring. From 1998 to 2011, he served as Chair of the Market Surveillance Committee for the California Independent System Operator, testifying frequently at FERC and before Congress on electricity market monitoring and market power issues, and later served on California’s Emissions Market Advisory Committee from 2012 to 2014, advising on the state’s cap-and-trade market design. He holds an undergraduate degree from Rice University and S.M. in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, and recently co-authored a National Academies study on modernizing freight rail regulation.

Christopher S. Yoo is the Imasogie Professor in Law & Technology, Professor of Communication, and Professor of Computer & Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as Founding Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition and Faculty Director of the Penn Center of Media, Technology & Democracy. Author of over 125 scholarly works and having taught at over a dozen universities worldwide, his major research projects include assessing antitrust liability for high-tech platforms, comparing due process in antitrust enforcement across China, Europe, and the U.S., analyzing big data responses, devising AI standards, and examining optimal interoperability and data privacy. He has created innovative joint degree programs combining law and engineering training and frequently testifies before Congress, the FCC, FTC, DOJ Antitrust Division, foreign governments, and international organizations, recently serving on the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, as a Consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States, and as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network. Before entering academia, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the D.C. Circuit, practiced law at Hogan & Hartson under now-Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and previously taught at Vanderbilt Law School where he founded the Technology and Entertainment Law Program. He received his A.B. from Harvard University, M.B.A. from UCLA, and J.D. from Northwestern University.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

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