Kevin Martin

Mr. Martin is head of Meta’s Washington, DC Office and Head of Global Public Policy at Meta. Prior to joining Meta, he was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from March 2005 to January 2009 and a partner and co-chair of the telecommunications practice at Squire Patton Boggs, an international law firm, from 2009 to 2015. Mr. Martin served two terms as Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. During his tenure, the FCC adopted a non-binding policy statement on net neutrality which led to the 2010 Open Internet Order. He joined the Commission from the White House, where he served as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and was on the staff of the National Economic Council. In that capacity, he focused primarily on commerce and technology policy issues. He also served as the official U.S. government representative to the G-8’s Digital Opportunity Task Force, a government, non-profit, and private sector task force created to identify ways in which the digital revolution can assure opportunities for developing countries. Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Martin served as a principle technology and telecommunications advisor on the Bush-Cheney Transition team. He assumed this role after serving as the Deputy General Counsel to the Bush campaign in Austin, Texas from July 1999 through December 2000. From 1997 to 1999, Chairman Martin served as a Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, advising the Commissioner on telecommunications and broadband issues. Chairman Martin had previously served in the Office of the Independent Counsel following several years of work in private practice at the Washington, DC law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding, where he worked on communications, legislative, and appellate litigation matters. Before joining Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Martin was a law clerk for United States Court District Judge William M. Hoeveler in Miami, Florida. Chairman Martin received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Honors and Distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at Chapel Hill, Chairman Martin was elected Student Body President and President of the North Carolina Association of Student Governments. In addition, he served on the University Of North Carolina Board Of Trustees. Chairman Martin received a Masters in Public Policy from Duke University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Chairman Martin is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Florida Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association.