Melissa Newman has over 25 years experience in government affairs for the telecommunications sector. Prior to joining TIA as vice president of government affairs, she worked at Transit Wireless, heading the legal and external affairs departments; Wilkinson Barker Knauer, a premier telecommunications law firm in Washington, D.C.; CenturyLink (now Lumen), serving as vice president, federal policy and regulatory affairs; and as deputy division chief of the policy division in the Common Carrier Bureau of the FCC.