Giulia McHenry

Bio:

Giulia McHenry currently serves as Senior Vice President for Public Policy at AT&T where 
she is responsible for developing AT&T’s positions on federal and state legislation and 
regulations affecting the company.

Giulia previously served as Chief of the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) at the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She led an interdisciplinary team of 
professionals responsible for enhancing the use of economic analysis in Commission 
policy-making, developing and implementing FCC auctions, and ensuring consistent and 
effective agency-wide data practices and policies. In 2018, Giulia was appointed by former 
Chair Ajit Pai to stand up and lead the OEA and remained Chief under Chair Jessica 
Rosenworcel. 

Prior to that she served as Chief Economist of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration under U.S. Department of Commerce Secretaries Penny 
Pritzker and Wilbur Ross.

Giulia received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland in 2009. She 
specialized in microeconomics, both applied and empirical methods, focusing on network 
theory and industrial organization.

She resides in Washington, DC with her husband former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry and 
their three children.