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Monica Azare currently serves as Senior Vice President - Public Policy and Government Affairs for Verizon Communications, with responsibility for leading Verizon’s public policy, regulatory and legislative activity in New York and Connecticut. Prior to this position, Ms. Azare served as Executive Director and Senior Counsel of Federal Affairs for Verizon Wireless, where she was responsible for advancing the company’s position on wireless issues before members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ms. Azare’s distinguished career also includes serving as Vice President, Federal Affairs for Insight Communications in New York, Chief Counsel to House Energy and Commerce Chairman Billy Tauzin, and Chair of the House Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee. Ms. Azare also currently serves on the Board of NYC Investment Fund’s Civic Capital Corp.
A Louisiana native, Ms. Azare received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctorate from the Southern University Law Center. She is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, the Corporate Counsel of Women of Color, and Jack and Jill of America, a national organization that encourages leadership and service by young people in their communities. Ms. Azare was recently selected as a 2007-2008 David Rockefeller Fellow. | 