Joel Thayer
President
Digital Progress Institute
Joel Thayer is the President of the Digital Progress Institute. He has founded his own law firm, Thayer PLLC, and was previously an associate at Phillips Lytle. Before that, he served as Policy Counsel for ACT | The App Association, where he advised on legal and policy issues related to antitrust, telecommunications, privacy, cybersecurity and intellectual property in Washington, DC. His experience also includes working as legal clerk for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen and as a congressional staffer for the Hon. Lee Terry and the Hon. Mary Bono.
Recent Events and Presentations
Would AICOA Help or Hurt Innovation and Consumer Choice?
Join ITIF for a debate on the resolution: “AICOA undermines American innovation and choice.” Joseph Coniglio, Senior Counsel and Director of the Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy at ITIF, will argue in favor of the resolution, while Joel Thayer, President of the Digital Progress Institute, will argue against it.
