Biography
Ms. Anderson is a Sr. Corporate Counsel with Microsoft responsible for managing critical trade, supply chain, and national security compliance and policy as a member the Corporate Legal Affairs Global Trade team. Ms. Anderson launched her career at the King County Prosecutor’s Office in Seattle, Washington, where she tried over 100 criminal and jury trials. Ms. Anderson transitioned to corporate practice, joining AT&T (then Pacific Bell Telephone Company) in San Francisco, California. Ms. Anderson’s 22-year career with AT&T took her to Washington, D.C, where she played a critical role securing global competition and regulatory approvals for significant company mergers, led the implementation of sweeping regulatory requirements across the enterprise business portfolio, and represented AT&T in global policy discussions, including participating in panels at the Internet Governance Forum and on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. She also directed domestic and global regulatory policy, trade, and compliance strategies and managed social justice and racial equity policy engagement nationwide. Ms. Anderson retired from AT&T and joined Microsoft in 2021. She received her J.D. at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco and her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Anderson is based in Seattle, WA.