Jennifer Sanford

joined Cisco in April 2004, and currently serves as Senior Manager of International Trade & Energy Policy in the Government Affairs Department in Washington, DC. Ms. Sanford is responsible for advancing Cisco’s international trade policy agenda, and serves as Chair of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) International Committee. She also manages Cisco’s U.S. climate & energy policy vision, strategy and execution, in areas such as grid modernization, climate change, energy efficiency, e-waste and eco-design. Prior to Cisco, Ms. Sanford was Director of International Trade Policy for seven years at the American Electronics Association (AeA – now TechAmerica/CompTIA) in Washington, DC, where she successfully led the high-tech industry’s efforts to secure Congressional passage of legislation to reauthorize Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in 2002, and to establish China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status in 2000. She also worked for many years on the development and implementation of the European Union (EU) environmental and energy laws on electronics. Ms. Sanford’s career began in 1996 in San Francisco, CA, with a customs consulting and publishing firm, Worldtariff (now owned by FedEx).Ms. Sanford holds B.A. in International Studies (1994) and an M.A. in International Policy Studies (1995) from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Jennifer Sanford joined Cisco in April 2004, and currently serves as Senior Manager of International Trade & Energy Policy in the Government Affairs Department in Washington, DC. Ms. Sanford is responsible for advancing Cisco’s international trade policy agenda, and serves as Chair of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) International Committee. She also manages Cisco’s U.S. climate & energy policy vision, strategy and execution, in areas such as grid modernization, climate change, energy efficiency, e-waste and eco-design.

Prior to Cisco, Ms. Sanford was Director of International Trade Policy for seven years at the American Electronics Association (AeA – now TechAmerica/CompTIA) in Washington, DC, where she successfully led the high-tech industry’s efforts to secure Congressional passage of legislation to reauthorize Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in 2002, and to establish China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status in 2000. She also worked for many years on the development and implementation of the European Union (EU) environmental and energy laws on electronics.

Ms. Sanford’s career began in 1996 in San Francisco, CA, with a customs consulting and publishing firm, Worldtariff (now owned by FedEx).

Ms. Sanford holds B.A. in International Studies (1994) and an M.A. in International Policy Studies (1995) from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.