Speaker Bio
Svetlana Matt is Director of Public Policy at EchoStar (the parent company of DISH Network), where she leads the company’s public policy work. Before joining EchoStar, Svetlana worked as AI Policy Manager at Meta, where she led global AI legislation and policy development efforts. Prior to Meta, Svetlana served as Legislative Director for Congressman Jerry McNerney. In this role, she oversaw the Congressman’s legislative agenda, handled telecommunications and technology policy for the Congressman and his work on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and drove the staff work of the House Wi-Fi Caucus and the House AI Caucus (which the Congressman co-chaired). Her experience also includes serving as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and various positions at the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the World Bank. She holds a J.D. from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), and a B.A. in Economics and International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound.