Paige S. Anderson joined the Center for Democracy and Technology in 2001 to work on its Global Internet Policy Initiative. Prior to joining CDT, Ms. Anderson was an associate in the telecommunications and information technology practice group in the Washington office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. While at Akin Gump, Anderson concentrated on domestic and international communications matters, including licensing, regulatory compliance and transactions involving broadcast, cable, common carriers and satellite systems. She routinely represented broadcast companies before the Federal Communications Commission during the acquisition and sale of television and radio stations, and counseled television clients on the conversion to digital transmissions. Anderson advised common carrier clients on legislative matters before the U.S. Congress, and assisted international and domestic common carriers and broadcasters in complying with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.

Ms. Anderson's legislative experience also includes having served on the staff of the Senate Banking Committee from 1988 to 1990. She was a contributor to the report "Policy Issues for Telecommunications and Mass Media Regulation," a publication of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Ad Hoc Committee on Communications Policy Options for Developing Countries.

Ms. Anderson is a graduate of Harvard Law School and received her B.A. in International Relations from Brown University .