Salt Point Strategies provides public affairs consulting, strategy, and advocacy to clients navigating the emerging high-tech economy. Our experts work at the intersection of public policy, technology, engineering, and governance providing guidance to clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies across global markets.
WHO WE ARE
Salt Point’s professionals bring deep expertise and guidance in ever-changing technology environments, both domestically and internationally. The team combines decades of policy and political experience and an extensive network of expert relationships to successfully deliver on issues that advance clients’ business priorities.
David Redl Founder and CEO
David is an attorney and former government executive with deep experience in both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government in the telecommunications, media, and technology fields.
Prior to founding Salt Point, David served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and as Chief Counsel for Communications and Technology to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
David also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado.
Ansley Erdel Managing Partner
Ansley Erdel is a seasoned advocate with more than 15 years of lobbying experience. Ansley focuses her practice on telecommunications and technology issues and has represented a wide variety of clients including trade associations, telecommunications service providers, wireless telephone carriers, computer and device manufacturers, and information technology companies. She has worked extensively with the music industry, the cable industry and has led industry coalitions.
Ansley also serves as a senior policy advisor for a D.C.-based venture capital firm.
Fiona Alexander Co-Founder
Fiona is a former government executive with extensive experience and globally diverse contacts in international Internet, telecommunications, and emerging technology policy.
Fiona served for close to 20 years at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce where she was Associate Administrator for International Affairs. She also managed the U.S. government’s relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and is NTIA’s sole Presidential Rank Award winner for her leadership in the privatization of the Internet’s domain name system.
Fiona also serves as Distinguished Policy Strategist in Residence in the School of International Service and Distinguished Fellow at the Internet Governance Lab at American University.
Jared Weaver Partner
Jared Weaver has nearly two decades of experience in Washington’s public policy arena. He has deep expertise in technology and telecommunications policy as well as a keen understanding of the legislative and executive branches of government. Jared has done extensive work representing clients with interests in broadband, autonomous vehicles, and the music industry, as well as every facet of the technology industry from software to hardware to network equipment and IOT. Jared also has significant experience in spectrum-related matters, both licensed and unlicensed allocations and uses, as well as issues related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Prior to lobbying, Jared worked for Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) as her legislative director and went on to serve as her Deputy Chief of Staff. Rep. Eshoo’s Silicon Valley-based district offered Jared a closeup view of the complex policies facing the tech industry early in his career. Jared also served as senior legislative aide for then- Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) managing his office’s technology portfolio.
Jared is a member of the DC Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA). He lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Anna, and their three daughters.
Mary L. Brown Spectrum and Technology Policy Consultant
Mary L. Brown is a spectrum and technology policy expert with decades of experience in Wi-Fi, as well as licensed technologies supporting the mobile services and Internet of Things sectors. Her expertise in wireless includes a stint on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Commercial Spectrum Management Advisory Council, providing testimony at multiple Congressional hearings, and advocating on spectrum issues before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She has also worked on spectrum issues internationally, advocating before national administrations around the world.
Prior to joining Salt Point, Mary led Cisco Systems’ global public policy agenda for wireless technologies and spectrum policy for 18 years. Previously she held a management role in MCI’s Government Affairs organization, and began her career at the FCC.
Jerry Leverich Partner
Gerald (Jerry) Leverich is a public policy professional with extensive expertise and strategic insight steeped in the technology, communications, and consumer protection issues before Capitol Hill and the Executive Agencies.
Prior to joining Salt Point, Jerry served on the professional staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commence for over seven years, most recently serving as both the Chief Counsel and Staff Director for the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee. Before that, Jerry served as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, advising primarily on issues related to telecommunications and technology law.
Jerry graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, and earned his B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy from the College of Charleston.
Claire Mohun Policy Analyst
Claire joins Salt Point with several years of experience in technology policy within the private sector. Prior to joining Salt Point, Claire was a Policy Coordinator at Meta on their U.S. Public Policy team. During her time at Meta, she supported the team on legislative branch issues before transitioning to a portfolio covering economic and regulatory issues within the Executive Branch.
Prior to this, she worked in communications for emerging technology companies. Claire holds a B.A. in Government and M.S. in Management from Georgetown University.
EXPERTISE
Internet Governance
Spectrum
Startup Economy
Privacy
Emerging Tech
