Ms. Cathy Slesinger

Council Member Biography

Cathy Slesinger is Vice President at Freedom Technologies in Arlington, Virginia, where her expertise includes state, federal and international advocacy with regulators, legislatures, and the diplomatic community as well as with international organizations such as the United Nations, the ITU and World Bank. Her areas of expertise cut across all segments of the communications industry from wireline, wireless, internet, to web hosting and content. Her subject matter expertise has been equally robust including security, liability, privacy, broadband, emergency services, market access, and economic development matters. Ms. Slesinger has served in executive public policy positions with the GSM Association, a global trade association representing more than 690 GSM mobile service providers and 145 manufacturers, Cable and Wireless, an international telecommunications company, and NYNEX/Bell Atlantic (now Verizon). She also spent several years as an Evaluator with the U.S. Government Accountability Office leading a range of investigations, including those focused on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2006 - Unspecified

Vice President, Freedom Technologies, Inc.

2004 - 2006

Senior Vice President - Public Policy, GSM Association

1999 - 2004

Senior Vice President- Public Policy, CABLE & WIRELESS LTD

1986 - 1998

VP _International Government Relations, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.