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'''Shane Tews''' was most recently the Vice President of the Global Public Policy relations at [[Verisign]]. She was once the Senior Washington Representative at VeriSign, and was in constant communication with Congress, senior Policymakers, lobbyists, and other government officials with regards to IT and Internet policy affecting Verisign.<ref>[http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=2010PanelistBioView&wspid=131 IntGovForum.org]</ref>  She was at Verisign from 2001 to 2012.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=561480&authType=name&authToken=iMHO&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore linkedin.com]</ref>

'''Shane Tews''' is currently working as the Vice President in the Global Public Policy relations at [[VeriSign]]. She is also the Senior Washington Representative at VeriSign.

She was a panelist in the "Who Will Govern the Net in 2020?" panel at TechFreedom's Next Digital Decade book launch conference in Washington, DC on January 19, 2011.<ref>[http://techfreedom.org/event/techfreedom-next-digital-decade-book-launch techfreedom.org]</ref> The video of this panel can be viewed [http://www.archive.org/details/TechfreedomNextDigitalDecadeLaunchEvent-Panel3 here]. Ms. Tews was also a panelist at [[IGF]] 2010 Workshops.<ref>[http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=2010PanelistBioView&wspid=131 intgovforum.org]</ref>She has participated in a variety of similar forums, often addressing Internet security, Internet infrastructure, content, supply chain management technology, privacy and tax issues.<ref>[http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=2010PanelistBioView&wspid=131 IntGovForum.org]</ref>

Ms. Tews is a member of the board for Inter Caucus Advisories, a council with information on the latest IT communications as well as training.

Ms. Tews is a member of numerous organizations' boards related to IT and Internet policy; such as the Internet Caucus Advisory Counsel, the Information Technology Industry Council, The Information Technology Industry Foundation, the Internet Alliance, and The United States Telecommunications Training Institute.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Tews_Shane_99074319.aspx zoominfo.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.itif.org/people/shane-tews itif.org]</ref>

===The past===

==Career History ==

Before she joined VeriSign she was a member as well as the senior representative in the Distilled Sprits Council working as a lobbyist to improve Government implementations such as taxation, the ads, as well as many other regulatory issues.

Shane Tews has extensive experience working in and around the political atmosphere of Washington, D.C. Before she joined VeriSign, she was the senior representative for the Distilled Spirits Council working as a lobbyist on issues like taxation, advertisements, and other regulatory issues.

She has also been apart of an economical group focusing on the fundamentals of how the economy should be working as a whole. Ms. Tews was the Staff Assistant to the Secretary for Advance and Scheduling at US Department of Transportation and Staff Assistant for President George Bush President.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=561480&authType=name&authToken=iMHO&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore linkedin.com]</ref>

Ms. Tews has also been a part of the Washington think tank Citizens for a Sound Economy, and she has worked in Congress as Congressman Gary Frank's  Legislative Director from 1992 to 1995. After being a part of the first George Bush's election campaign, she worked in the administration as a special assistant to Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner and in the Office of Legislative Affairs.<ref>[http://www.itif.org/people/shane-tews itif.org]</ref>

===Education===

==Education==

She graduated in 1988 from the American University in D.C before she went on to accomplish great things in the political field and workforce.

She graduated in 1988 from the American University in D.C.<ref>[http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/shane-tews.shtml netcaucus.org]</ref> She is from Lincoln, Nebraska.<ref>[http://archive.itif.org/index.php?s=board archive.itif.org]</ref>

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