Dave Baker served as Vice President for Law and Public Policy for EarthLink. Based in Atlanta, EarthLink is one of the nation’s largest Internet service providers (ISPs), serving over 5.4 million broadband, dial-up, web hosting and wireless Internet customers. Dave leads EarthLink’s public policy initiatives on matters such as broadband deployment, voice over IP, spam and spyware, copyrights and Internet taxation.

Dave is former Commissioner and Chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission. He served on the NARUC Communications Committee and on the FCC’s Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service.

Dave currently serves on the Boards of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), the U.S. Internet Service Providers Association (US ISPA), the Georgia Electronic Commerce Association (GECA) and the Power Line Communications Association (PLCA). He is the former Chairman of the California ISP Association (CISPA). In January 2003, he was appointed by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to serve on the Governor’s Telecommunications and Technology Task Force.

He earned his BA in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and his law degree from Washington & Lee University. He and his family live in Atlanta.