R Street Institute names Tom Struble technology policy manager
WASHINGTON (May 8, 2017) – The R Street Institute announced the addition of distinguished policy expert Tom Struble as a technology policy manager and a policy analyst with the R Street Institute, where he will lead R Street’s work on telecom, antitrust, privacy and data-security issues.
Tom joined R Street from TechFreedom, where he worked as policy counsel, focused mostly on telecom and consumer-protection issues, with an eye toward antitrust and market-oriented policy solutions. He previously worked as a law clerk for the Competitive Carriers Association and for the mobility division of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Earlier in his career, he interned with the office of then-U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
“In an era of rapid technological change and digital disruption, we need creative policy solutions to the real problems facing consumers and industries across different sectors of the economy,” Struble said. “From my post at R Street, I’ll be working to craft these solutions on a daily basis. By pushing back against knee-jerk reactionary calls for prescriptive regulation—and encouraging bottom-up, evolutionary progress over top-down, directed progress—I’ll fight for a future that is more dynamic, inclusive and prosperous.”
Tom was articles editor on the Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 66; is a member of the Moot Court Board; received the Presidential Merit Scholarship while at George Washington University Law School; and won second place overall and best brief at 2014 National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition.
“We are thrilled to add Tom to our ever-expanding tech team,” said Eli Lehrer, president of the R Street Institute. “Tom’s background represents the nexus between the legal world and the tech policy space, experience that is desperately needed during this exciting time of technological advancement. I have no doubt he will fast become a rising star in the telecom and consumer-protection space.”
Tom earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and political science from the University of Kansas in 2011 and his law degree from GW Law in 2014.
