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Public Policy Committee

Ted Roth (Chair), President, Roth Capital Partners
Jason Anderson, Vice President, CleanTECH San Diego and Executive Director, CleanTECH San Diego Education Foundation
Bruce Artim, Director, Federal Affairs, Lilly
Lee Barken, Partner, Haskell & White LLP
Sean Barr, Vice President Economic Development, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
Leo Bottary, Vice President, Public Affairs, Vistage International Inc.
Julia Brown, Director, Targacept, Inc.
Dominique Cano-Stocco, Director, State and Local Government Relations, UC San Diego
Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, TechAmerica
Karin Dow, Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Mike Elconin, Technology and Business Advisor, von Liebig Center Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego
Doug Farry, Managing Director, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Todd Gillenwater, Vice President, Public Policy, CHI
David Hall, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Karen Hewitt, Partner, Jones Day
Greg Horowitt, Executive Director, Global CONNECT
Jimmy Jackson, Vice President, Public Policy, BIOCOM
Ron Katznelson, President, Bi-Level Technologies
Alan Kholos, Director, Legal Operations & Government Relations, CareFusion
Nick Leibham, Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLP
Robert McCray, CEO, Wireless Life Science Alliance
Anton Monk, Co-Founder & Vice President Technology, Entropic Communications
Vicki Norton, Partner, Duane Morris
Barbara Perry, Director, Government Research
Todd Phillips, Director of Governmental Relations and Legislative Affairs, San Diego Workforce Partnership
Monique Rodriguez, Senior Manager, Government Affairs, Qualcomm Inc.
Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
Dennis Ryan, Director, Science Policy & Public Affairs, Pfizer
David Schroeder, Director, Federal Government Relations, UC San Diego
Timothy Tardibono, Policy Director & Chief Counsel, CONNECT
Jori Tulkki, Associate Director, Government and Corporate Affairs, Gen-Probe Incorporated
Bill Walton, Associate Director, Chairman, SD Sport Innovators
Paul Webster, Vice President, Public Policy, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Public Policy | Letters / Comments

Comments by CONNECT Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office related to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions America Invents Act – April 9, 2012

USPTO Satellite Office Proposal for Southern California located in San Diego: A Community of Innovation through Collaboration – January 30, 2012

Letters of Support for USPTO Satellite Office Proposal located in San Diego – January 30, 2012

Testimony of Lonna J. Williams, CEO of Ridge Diagnostics on behalf of CONNECT Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Committee – November 2011

Testimony of Herbert Tsvi Goldenberg, Ph.D., CEO and Co-founder, eemRA on behalf of CONNECT For the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs – November 2011

Letter to House Leaders from CONNECT Supporting Four Capital Formation Bills – November 2011

CONNECT Testimony Bill Walton Energy & Commerce Committee Field Hearing – September 2011

CONNECT releases Seven Innovation Policy Ideas to Spark an American Recovery – September 2011

Oversight Committee Letter Regarding SEC Hearing – June 2011

Letter to Senators Tester and Toomey endorsing Small Company Capital Formation Act – September 2011

Oversight Committee Letter Regarding SEC Hearing – June 2011

Innovation Agenda for the 112th Congress – January 2011

CONNECT Testimony Duane Roth Oversight Committee Field Hearing – April 2011

CONNECT False Markings Coalition – March 2011

CONNECT Endorsement Letter of SBIR Reuth to Senate Small Business and Entrpreneurship Committee – March 2011

Letter to Representative Brian Bilbray Endorsing the Repatriation Bill – March 2011

Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein Regarding Patent Reform – February 2011

CONNECT signs on to Coalition Letter Regarding Microsoft v. i4i Supreme Court Case – January 2011

Letter to FCC from CONNECT Meeting Regarding Open Internet Rules – December 2010

Letter to House Leaders from CONNECT in Support of SBIR STTR Agreement – December 2010

Letter to NACIE re Innovation Agenda for the 112th Congress – December 2010

Comments to FCC FDA from CONNECT Wireless Health Devices Convergence Final Submitted – August 2010

CONNECT Support Letter for HR 5874 PTO Supplemental Funding FY10 Bill – July 2010

Comments to FCC from CONNECT re GN Docket No 10 127 Broadband Reclassification – July 2010

Comments to House Sci Tech Comm from CONNECT Tech Transfer Hearing – June 2010

Comments from CONNECT to FCC re GN Docket No 09-191 Preserving the Open Internet – January 2010

“CONNECT gives innovators a voice in the public policy decision-making process and is an advocate on behalf of early stage companies on issues affecting innovation and entrepreneurship. ”

Julia Brown

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, University of California

Public Policy Contact:

Timothy Tardibono
Vice President, Public Policy & Chief Counsel
Email: timothy@connect.org
Phone: (202) 412-7791
Fax: (202) 974-6366

Jessie Womble
Associate Director, Public Policy
Email: jwomble@connect.org
Phone: (858) 964-1352
Fax: (858) 964-1301

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