CompTIA Policy Issues
for the United States

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Name: Robert Kramer
Title: Vice President, Public Policy
CompTIA Issue Areas: International Trade Policies, Management of all regions of CompTIA’s Public Policy
Experience: Vice President, International Government Relations at Bank of America, past chairman of the Coalition of Service Industries' Electronic Commerce Working Group
Education: MA and BA degrees in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a MA (Medieval History), The Catholic University of America
At CompTIA Since: May 2001
e-mail: rkramer@comptia.org
Name: Roger J. Cochetti
Title: Group Director, U.S. Public Policy
CompTIA Issue Areas: U.S. Business, eCommerce Policies and Regulations, Management of U.S. Public Policy Committee
Experience: Senior Vice-President-Policy, VeriSign Corporation Program Director, IBM Corporation
Education: BSFS School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; MA, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
At CompTIA Since: August 2004
e-mail: rcochetti@comptia.org
Name: Michael Wendy
Title: Director, Public Affairs and Outreach Communications
CompTIA Issue Areas: Public Relations, Privacy, Consumer Welfare, First Amendment Rights
Experience: Telecom policy counsel consultant; director of government relations and grassroots for the United States Telecom Association; member Florida Bar
Education: JD, Catholic University; BS, (Telecommunication) University of Florida
At CompTIA Since: April 2002
e-mail: mwendy@comptia.org

Name: D. Lamar Whitman
Title: Public Policy Manager
CompTIA Issue Areas: Small Business and Tax Policy, HIPPA, Management of Small Business Issues Policy Council
Experience: Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Director, State and Federal
Taxation; National Association of Realtors, Tax Policy Representative
Education: JD, University of Louisville; LLM (Taxation), Georgetown University Law Center; BS (Accounting), David Lipscomb College, Nashville, TN
At CompTIA Since: August 2005
e-mail: lwhitman@comptia.org

Name: Trista Roehl
Title: Manager, Public Policy
CompTIA Issue Areas: Workforce / Privacy / Health IT / Environment
Experience: Legislative Assistant, John Shadegg (R-AZ); Legislative Assistant, Chris Cox (R-CA); Legislative Assistant, Congressman Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Education: BA degree in Government from Claremont McKenna College
At CompTIA Since: January 2008
e-mail: troehl@comptia.org

Name: Chris Katopis
Title: Executive Director, Initiative for Software Choice
CompTIA Issue Areas: Intellectual property rights; tech-neutral government procurement of IT assets
Experience: U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee, Counsel; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Director, Congressional Relations
Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.S.; Temple University Law School, J.D.
At CompTIA Since: January 2008
e-mail: ckatopis@comptia.org