International Summit for Community Wireless Networks

Michael Calabrese is Vice President and Director of the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation, a non-profit think tank based in Washington, D.C. He oversees the Foundation’s efforts to improve our nation’s management of the public airwaves and to promote ubiquitous and affordable wireless broadband access. New America advocates the reallocation of more prime spectrum for open, shared, unlicensed access, as well as the extension of “net neutrality” principles to wireless broadband. Previously, Mr. Calabrese served as General Counsel of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and as a counsel at the national AFL-CIO. He is the co-author of three previous books on policy and politics and has published opinion articles in the nation’s leading outlets, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Calabrese is a graduate of Stanford Business and Law Schools, where he earned a JD/MBA degree; and a graduate of Harvard College, where he earned a B.A. in Economics and Government.