Alan Roth is Senior Executive Vice President of the United States Telecom Association, where he has directed government affairs since 2008. For more than a decade before that, Alan worked in private practice as a government relations professional and was cited by The Hill newspaper during that time as one of “the best in the business.” Before entering the private sector, he served on the staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, rising to the position of Staff Director and Chief Counsel under its then-Chairman, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI). A graduate of American University and New York University School of Law, where he was managing editor of the Law Review, Alan is admitted to the DC and Connecticut Bars.