Cheryl A. Leanza is the President of her consulting firm, A Learned Hand, LLC. She co-founded the Faithful Internet campaign and helped to lead the victorious effort to pass the Local Community Radio Act. She has been a leader in public interest advocacy for more than 15 years, including advocacy for diversity in media ownership, net neutrality, capping predatory prison phone rates, and other policies furthering First Amendment principles. Media includes: CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, Religion News Service.
Lauren Wilson serves on the FCC's Consumer Advisory Committee. Previously, she was the Policy Counsel at Free Press. Lauren works on a broad range of Internet, media and telecommunications issues and advocates for the public interest before the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, the courts and other federal and state agencies. Media includes: Free Press, Los Angeles Times, Truth Out, Forbes.
Nancy Libin is a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, a Washington, D.C. law firm, where she focuses on privacy law, cybersecurity, and related technology policy issues. She previously served as the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer of the U.S. Department of Justice, where her portfolio focused on the intersection of privacy, technology, national security, and law enforcement. Media includes: CNN The Situation Room, PBS Nightly News Report, NPR All Things Considered, ABC News Radio, LA Public Radio.
Judy Endejan is a Seattle attorney with the firm of Garvey Schubert Barer. Her practice focuses on telecommunications, media and intellectual property issues. Judy spent ten years with GTE Corporation (now Verizon) , acquiring substantial experience in public utility regulation and administrative law. Judy has represented a wide range of clients with case under the First Amendment, the Federal Communications Act, intellectual property laws and the regulatory laws of California, Washington and Oregon. Extensive media experience.
Gigi Sohn is the Leadership in Government Fellow at Open Society Foundations. Before coming to Open Society Foundations, Gigi was Special Counsel for External Affairs at the Federal Communications Commisssion. Previously, she was President and Co-Founder of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit organization that addresses the public's stake in the convergence of communications policy and intellectual property law. Media includes: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NBC, CBS, CNN.
Andrea Quijada serves on the Consumer Advisory Committee of the FCC where she participates in the Universal Service Working Group making recommendations to the FCC on media policy to increase access to media tools for underserved communities. She is the Executive Director of the Media Literacy Project. Quijada is an expert in media literacy education, media justice policy and violence prevention. Media includes: KBOO Community Radio, New Mexico Mercury.
Shireen Mitchell is an Internet pioneer and has advocated on behalf of women and girls within the tech industry since 1997. She was the founding chair of the Media and Technology Task Force of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), which was created to address the issues of women's participation in technology and media. Media includes: WETA, KPFA, NPR, Kojo Nnamdi Show, Women's Radio, WMC Live with Robin Morgan, Huffington Post.
Christina Gagnier leads the Intellectual Property, Internet & Technology practice at Gagnier Margossian LLP, with a specialization in copyright, information privacy and social media. Gagnier consults technology companies on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality. Gagnier’s primary research concerns issues of cyber rights and the intersection of on and offline action. Media includes: The New York Times, Inc.com, Politico, NBC, TechCrunch, MSNBC, The Atlantic.
Amy Webb is CEO of Webbmedia Group, a digital strategy agency that focuses on near-term emerging technology trends. She and her team help Webbmedia Group’s clients prepare for future business disruption using research, ideation and a vast knowledge of digital media. Webbmedia Group works with Fortune 50, Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies as well as large nonprofits, universities and government agencies. Media includes: Good Morning America, The View, 20/20, NPR (Talk of the Nation, Morning Edition, Here and Now, Marketplace), CNN.
Valarie Kaur is an award-winning filmmaker, civil rights advocate, and interfaith leader who centers her work around the power of storytelling. She is the founder of Groundswell at Auburn Seminary, a non-profit initiative with 100,000 members that equips people of faith in social change. She has led national campaigns responding to hate crimes, racial profiling, immigration detention, marriage equality, and solitary confinement. Media includes: MSNBC Political Contributor, frequent contributor to CNN, NPR, PBS, Washington Post, Huntington Post.
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