Giulia McHenry (Dr)

Giulia McHenry currently serves as Senior Vice President for Public Policy at AT&T where she is responsible for developing AT&T’s positions on federal and state legislation and regulations affecting the company.

Giulia previously served as Chief of the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She led an interdisciplinary team of professionals responsible for enhancing the use of economic analysis in Commission policy-making, developing and implementing FCC auctions, and ensuring consistent and effective agency-wide data practices and policies. In 2018, Giulia was appointed by former Chair Ajit Pai to stand up and lead the OEA and remained Chief under Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.

Prior to that she served as Chief Economist of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under U.S. Department of Commerce Secretaries Penny Pritzker and Wilbur Ross.

Giulia received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland in 2009. She specialized in microeconomics, both applied and empirical methods, focusing on network theory and industrial organization.

She resides in Washington, DC with her husband former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry and their three children.