Elizabeth Sanchez
Policy Fellow
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Elizabeth L. Sanchez is currently a policy fellow at ITIF, where she focuses on broadband, spectrum, and space policy. She is a Mexican-qualified attorney and holds an LL.M. in Technology Law & Policy from Georgetown Law. Her experience spans multinational corporations, private practice, international organizations, and technology policy. Before attending Georgetown, she advised leading companies in the media, telecommunications, retail, and financial sectors across Mexico and Latin America. She later worked at a top-ranked Washington, D.C. law firm, supporting corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory matters, and served as a Legal Extern with the World Bank Group. Elizabeth is passionate about advancing innovation and developing policies that enable emerging technologies to benefit society.
Research Areas
Recent Publications
Policy Considerations for Orbital Data Centers
Orbital data centers could complement terrestrial infrastructure by processing selected workloads in space, particularly where data is generated in orbit. Their value will depend on technical performance, life cycle economics, market demand, and a regulatory environment that does not hinder testing and deployment.
Comments to FCC Regarding Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireline Deployments
The Commission should establish predictable federal guardrails to address wireline deployment barriers while preserving legitimate state and local ROW-management functions. These measures would give providers and governments clearer expectations and reduce some regulatory uncertainty surrounding deployments that require state or local authorization.
Comments to FCC Regarding Reforming the High-Cost Program For an All-IP Future
Phasing out legacy High-Cost mechanisms, allowing time-limited deployment programs to sunset as scheduled, and establishing a leaner USF focused on broadband affordability and adoption would better serve consumers, strengthen competition, and improve stewardship of USF resources.
Comments to FCC Regarding Assignment and Transfer of Control of Licenses and Authorizations Held by Globalstar to Amazon
The Commission should approve this transaction because it will serve the public interest by increasing spectrum productivity, increasing competition in the emerging D2D marketplace, and extending mobile communications coverage to remote and underserved areas.
Comments to the FCC Regarding AT&T’s Petition for Preemption and Declaratory Ruling on California’s Carrier of Last Resort and Related Requirements
The Commission should thoughtfully consider AT&T’s petition because it could catalyze the retirement of outdated copper networks, accelerate network modernization, and advance the transition to a modern, all-IP communications ecosystem.
Rigid Space Spectrum Allocations Could Limit Productivity
Overly restrictive spectrum allocations have left terrestrial bands underutilized. Regulators should not repeat those mistakes as they develop new policies for the orbital economy.
