Blair Levin

Blair Levin has worked for the past 30 years at the intersection of broadband policy and capital markets. From 1993-1997 Levin served as Chief of Staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. He subsequently co-led the technology transition team for President-elect Obama and oversaw the development of the 2010 United States National Broadband Plan. He has also worked for over two decades as a policy equity analyst, which he now does for New Street Research. Levin has served as a consultant to communications enterprises, and local, state, and national governments on broadband policy, as well as serving on several private and non-profit boards. He has worked on multiple pro bono projects, including working with three dozen college towns seeking to obtain next generation networks, with the UN and the World Bank on broadband for refugees, and with the National Urban League on its 2020 plan for digital equity and inclusion. He currently is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Metropolitan Policy Project of the Brookings Institution.