Kathryn C. Brown
Verizon Communications
Kathryn C. Brown is senior vice president - Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility. She has been with the company since June 2002. She is responsible for policy development and issues management, public policy messaging, strategic alliances and public affairs programs, including Verizon Reads.
Ms. Brown is also responsible for federal, state and international public policy development and international government relations for Verizon. In that role she develops public policy positions and is responsible for project management on emerging domestic and international issues. She also manages relations with think tanks as well as consumer, industry and trade groups important to the public policy process.
Before joining Verizon, Ms. Brown was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and a member of the firm's Communications and Electronic Commerce practice, where she focused on the legal and regulatory challenges for communications companies in the converging telecommunications market.
For two years, Ms. Brown was the Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where she managed Chairman William E. Kennard's agenda on all telecommunications, broadcast, and spectrum matters. She previously served as the Chief of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau, where she led key initiatives implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Before working at the FCC, Ms. Brown was the Associate Administrator, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, at the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications & Information Administration. In that position, she was closely involved in formulating and articulating the Administration's position on the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and in promoting the deployment of advanced technologies both here and abroad. Ms. Brown also worked for eight years at the New York State Public Service Commission in various capacities, including as the Director of the Consumer Services Division and as Litigation Attorney and Managing Attorney for Telecommunications with the Office of General Counsel. Prior to joining the NYPSC, she was the Deputy Clerk of the New York State Court of Appeals.
Ms. Brown received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law in 1980 and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Marist College in 1974. She is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.
Appearances
- State of the Net Conference 2005 February 9, 2005
Biography last updated August 1, 2005