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Marsha Blackburn
R-TN
As a small business woman, author, mother, grandmother, and Member of Congress, Marsha Blackburn has dedicated her service to making America a more prosperous place to live.
No stranger to adversity and hard work, Marsha went to college on a 4-H scholarship and worked her way through school selling books for the Southwestern Company.
Whether it is was leading the fight to defeat the proposed state income tax during her time in the Tennessee State Senate or her efforts in Congress to restore fiscal responsibility, Marsha has fought tirelessly for the principles and values that unite conservatives. Representing Tennessee’s 7th District, Marsha continues to advocate for a small, efficient federal government that is accountable to its citizens.
Marsha has been honored with the Distinguished Leader Award from the Susan B. Anthony Foundation, the Iron Jawed Angel Award for Excellence in Public Service, an honorary doctorate in letters from King University, the Congressional Grammy by the Recording Academy, and the Health IT Now Innovation Award among others. She currently holds a seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee serving as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Marsha and her husband Chuck live in Williamson County, Tennessee. They have two children, Mary Morgan (Paul) Ketchel and Chad (Hillary) Blackburn; and two grandsons. Blackburn is a native of Laurel, Mississippi and graduate of Mississippi State University.
Antoinette Bush
EVP, Global Head of Government Affairs
News Corp.
Antoinette (Toni) Bush is the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs for News Corp. Ms. Bush is responsible for leading the company’s government relations efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Ms. Bush joined News Corp from Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, where, over her nearly 20-year tenure, she rose to become the Partner in charge of its Communications Group. She represented global media/entertainment and telecom entities in regulatory, legislative and transactional matters.
Ms. Bush also served as Executive Vice President of Northpoint Technology Ltd. from 2001 to 2003, where she led legal and regulatory strategies. Previously, Ms. Bush served as Senior Counsel to the Communications Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which has oversight for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She worked on numerous bills, including the landmark Cable Act of 1992.
Ms. Bush chairs the board of directors of The HistoryMakers and serves on the boards of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, The Newseum and The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
She holds a J.D. from Northwestern University Law School and a B.A. from Wellesley College.
Mary K. Engle
Associated Director for Advertising Practices - Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
Mary K. Engle directs the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Advertising Practices. The Division is responsible for regulating national advertising matters, including claims about food, over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, alcohol, tobacco, and Internet services. Ms. Engle joined the FTC as a staff attorney in 1990, has held a number of management positions in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and has served as an advisor to a Commissioner. Before joining the FTC, Ms. Engle practiced law with a firm in Washington, D.C. She received an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Lina Khan
Author, Legal Fellow, and Associate Research Scholar
Lina Khan is a legal fellow with the Open Markets Program at New America, an associate research scholar at Yale Law School, and a fellow with the Information Society Project. She researches market competition across sectors, and the way that antitrust law and competition policy shape our political economy. Her recent article “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” examines how current law fails to capture the architecture of market power in the modern retail economy. Khan’s work has been published by the Yale Law Journal and the Harvard Law & Policy Review, as well as by the New Republic, Politico, the Washington Monthly, and the Washington Post. Her antitrust work has been cited by Bloomberg, The Economist, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.
Meaghan Pedati
Associate
McGuireWoods, LLP
Meaghan, an associate with McGuireWoods LLP, graduated from The Catholic University, Columbus School of Law School in 2014 with a Certificate in Law and Technology. Before joining McGuireWoods, Meaghan clerked for a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission and interned for the Federal Communications Commission. Meaghan has experience with general business organization, data security, information governance, best practices for privacy policies and cloud computing, Department of Justice investigatory hearings, and other related privacy matters. As a member of the firm’s data privacy and security industry team, she continues to utilize her experience at the FTC and FCC to counsel and advise clients on best practices. Meaghan also serves as an editor on the firm’s Password Protected blog, which monitors developments in the data privacy and security industry.
Randy Shapiro
Global Media Counsel
Bloomberg
Randy L. Shapiro is Global Media Counsel to Bloomberg, serving as the senior newsroom lawyer to more than 2400 journalists around the globe and is responsible for newsgathering advice and prepublication review, overseeing FOIA and access efforts, and newsroom legal training worldwide. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Randy was the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company. Prior to joining Newsweek, Randy was a commercial litigator with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
Dominique Shelton
Partner, Technology & Privacy Group
Alston & Bird
Dominique Shelton is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Technology & Privacy Group. She is located in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She focuses her practice on privacy, data security and unfair competition. Dominique provides strategic privacy and cyber preparedness compliance counseling on cutting-edge issues such as security, mobile apps, Internet of Things, the Video Privacy Protection Act, Big Data, digital marketing and the cloud. She also leads data breach investigations, defends regulatory actions and provides subject matter leadership in privacy consumer as well as business to business class action litigation. In 2012, she was named Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year by the Century City Bar Association. In 2014, she was named one of the Most Influential Lawyers: Digital Media and E-Commerce Law by the Los Angeles Business Journal. In 2014, The Recorder named her as a Leader in Technology Law. In 2015, the Los Angeles Business Journal named her one of the Most Influential Lawyers in White Collar & Cyber Crimes Law. She has also been listed in the 2016 and 2017 editions of The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Privacy and Data Security Law.
She has litigated privacy and data security matters and has negotiated with regulators such as the California AG and FTC.
