Legislative Director, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), U.S. Senate

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JAMIE SUSSKIND is the Legislative Director for Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). She advises the Senator on technology and telecommunications issues across all of her committee assignments, including her work as Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. Previously, Susskind was the Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the Consumer Technology Association, where she lead advocacy efforts on issues such as broadband, privacy, cybersecurity, antitrust and competition, and Section 230. She spent nearly a decade at the Federal Communications Commission, including as Chief of Staff to Commissioner Brendan Carr. Susskind also served as Chief Counsel to Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and as an FCC Detailee for Senator John Thune (R-SD) on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology. She received her BA from the University of Michigan and her JD from the Antonin Scalia Law School.