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About PolicyBlog
Verizon, through its blog,seeks to encourage intelligent discussion of public policy issues affecting the telecommunications industry and Verizon in particular. We will do this by posting our own points of view regularly, engaging in conversation with other posters who offer fact-based comments and reacting to the relevant ongoing blogosphere conversation. While no telecommunications subject is considered off-limits, we will focus on policy issues that have implications for the greatest number of companies and consumers.
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David Young, Vice President, Verizon Federal Regulatory Affairs
David E. Young, Vice President, Verizon Federal Regulatory Affairs, is responsible for items before the FCC dealing with broadband and emerging issues. Prior to joining the Federal Regulatory Affairs group, he was responsible for developing company policy on Internet and technology issues, working in various national and international fora. He spent six years working in Verizon’s Research and Development (R&D) group on many advanced technologies including VoIP, data network architectures, and audio, video and image compression. He has been awarded ten U.S. government patents for his R&D work.
David is a member of the IEEE and IEEE Communications Society. David holds a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology
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Howard Woolley,
Howard Woolley is Senior Vice President - Wireless Public Policy and Government Affairs. In this position he leads Verizon’s initiatives in the Executive Branch and manages wireless issues at the Federal and State level, including having responsibility for directing wireless regulation, taxes, and federal spectrum auction issues for the company.
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Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President – International
Jacquelynn (Jackie) Ruff is responsible for international public policy and regulatory affairs. Verizon has the world’s most interconnected IP network and provides advanced communications and IP-based services around the globe. Ruff engages on international public policy in U.S. and international forums, such as the WTO, International Telecommunication Union, OECD, APEC, and Internet Governance Forum.
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Kathy Grillo,
Kathleen Grillo is senior vice president - Federal Regulatory Affairs. She is responsible for developing and advocating Verizon’s federal regulatory policy initiatives on a wide range of issues, including wireless competition and innovation, broadband deployment, video competition, universal service, consumer protection, and emerging technology issues.
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Kathy Zanowic, Chief Privacy Officer
Kathy was named Verizon’s Chief Privacy Officer in April of 2006. She is responsible for articulating and ensuring compliance with the company’s privacy principles and policies as well as responding to privacy laws, regulations, industry practices and consumer trends affecting Verizon, its employees and its customers. She has been with Verizon for over 20 years.
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Marc Sachs, Executive Director - National Security and Cyber Policy
Marcus Sachs assists federal, state and local officials with national security and cyber policy coordination specific to the communications sector. A 20-year Army veteran and a former presidential appointee to the White House, he also serves as the Secretary of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council and is a member of several other boards and working groups that support the national security and emergency preparedness community in Washington, D.C.
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Peter Thonis, Chief Communications Officer
Peter W. Thonis is responsible for all external communications and media relations strategy and execution across the corporation, both domestic and international, as well corporate employee communications. Previously, Thonis was Senior Vice President of External Communications.
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Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President - Public Affairs, Policy and Communications
Thomas J. Tauke leads Verizon’s External Affairs organization, responsible for the development of Verizon’s legislative and regulatory strategy and the company’s policy advocacy at the local, state, federal, and international levels. He also oversees all internal and external communications, reputation management, philanthropy, and issues management.
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