Feb. 23, 2016
Ron Busby, Sr. is the President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. and a native of Oakland, CA. He is also a successful business owner with significant experience in the small business arena. Recognized as one of the country’s best...
Feb. 16, 2016
Ad van Loon () is a communications lawyer based in the Netherlands. In 2008, he created the strategy consulting group --where he has advised leading broadcasters including BBC, Deutsche Welle, Euronews, MTV, NHK, NPO, RAI, RTL,...
Feb. 9, 2016
Berin Szoka () is the President of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at . Before joining PFF, he was an Associate in the Communications Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP,...
Feb. 2, 2016
Charlton McIlwain () - As a , writer and teacher, Dr. McIlwain's primary interests focus broadly on issues of race and media, particularly within the social and political arena. His previous work centered on how political candidates construct,...
Jan. 26, 2016
is director of the Wireless Future Project, which is part of The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute. He also serves as a senior research fellow affiliated with the Asset Building Program. Mr. Calabrese focuses on developing...
Jan. 19, 2016
Wendy Rivera-Aguilar is the Executive Director of the Multicultural Education Alliance and Principal Attorney at the Rivera-Aguilar Law Firm, P.A. in Orlando Florida. Wendy has a strong public interest track record and a solid background in...
Jan. 12, 2016
My Distinguished guest today is New York City Council Member —Kallos Represents District 5 in the City of New York: Roosevelt Island and the Upper East Side. Kallos has spent his entire political career fighting for New Yorkers. As a...
Jan. 5, 2016
Ms. has a decade of experience working in strategic alliance and partnership building at both the national and local level. She currently serves as Director of External Affairs at CTIA, where she manages the association’s grassroots, grasstops...
Dec. 29, 2015
Alex Kreilein is the Managing Partner of SecureSet and over the cybersecurity Accelerator. He engages corporate C-Suites officers, tech luminaries, security researchers, hackers, and academics to develop and implement strategies kickstarting...
Dec. 22, 2015
Davina Sashkin is a member of the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC. Ms. Sashkin counsels clients on television and radio broadcast regulation and compliance, broadband Internet and triple-play regulations, spectrum auctions, and...
Dec. 15, 2015
Kristal Lauren High co-founded and serves as Editor in Chief of Politic365, an online magazine focused on politics and public policy from a multicultural point of view. She also owns and operates a communications and creative engagement company,...
Dec. 8, 2015
Jorge Reina Schement became Rutgers Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion on July 1, 2013. Previously he was Dean of the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University from 2008 to 2013. He is also...
Dec. 1, 2015
Laura Bilodeau Overdeck is founder and president of Bedtime Math Foundation, a nonprofit that seeks to make math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story. Bedtime Math offers a playful math problem daily for free,...
Nov. 24, 2015
Dr. (@drturnerlee) is Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer for the Multicultural Media, Internet and Telecommunications Council. In this senior role, Dr. Turner-Lee designs and implements a research and policy agenda that...
Nov. 17, 2015
Michael Scurato (@michaelscurato) joined the National Hispanic Media Coalition's (NHMC) Washington, DC policy team in September 2010 when he was hired as a Law Fellow after being accepted into Georgetown Law’s Post-JD Public Service...
Nov. 10, 2015
Alan J. Roth is USTelecom’s senior executive vice president, where he serves as deputy to President & CEO Walter B. McCormick Jr. in directing the government affairs mission of the association. Roth, a respected government relations...
Nov. 3, 2015
Courtney Tanenbaum (@courttanenbaum) is a senior researcher and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) marketing and research lead at AIR. She is a graduate of the Institute for Education Leadership’s DC Education Policy...
Oct. 27, 2015
Casey Rae () is the Chief Executive Officer of the Future of Music Coalition. He is also a musician, recording engineer, educator and author. Casey regularly speaks on issues such as emerging business models, creators' rights, technology policy and...
Oct. 20, 2015
Jason Llorenz is a professor, researcher and advocate with over a decade of federal and state-level policy development, strategic communication, and legal experience. His research interests focus on: • Digital literacy and universal inclusion on...
Oct. 13, 2015
Kevin Clark, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Division of Learning Technologies, and Founding Director of the in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Kevin Clark is a full professor in the Learning Technologies...
Oct. 6, 2015
David Goodfriend is Founder and President of Goodfriend Government Affairs, with current and past clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start-up ventures, to non-profit advocacy organizations in the telecommunications, media, technology,...
Sept. 29, 2015
Shana Glickfield () is a founding Partner of Beekeeper Group, a DC-based public affairs firm, where she helps a wide array of clients with their communications and advocacy strategies, focusing on websites, social media, and mobile technology for...
Sept. 22, 2015
Justin Vélez-Hagan ()is an economic policy analyst, as well as a policy researcher at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. He is also the founder of , has served as an adjunct faculty member in economics, and is the author...
Sept. 15, 2015
Rob Atkinson () is founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He leads a prolific team of policy analysts and fellows that is successfully shaping the debate and setting the agenda on a host of critical...