Aubrey Sarvis, Esq.

Aubrey Sarvis, former chief counsel for the Senate Commerce Committee and later executive vice president of Verizon Communications, joined SLDN as its executive director in October 2007. He is also a member of the SLDN Board of Directors.

Originally from South Carolina, Aubrey enlisted in the Army immediately after high school. He served for more than three years, including 13 months as a member of the 7th Infantry Division on the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea. He has his BA and JD law degrees from American University. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, Harvard Business School, and at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.

From 1977 to 1983 Aubrey served as staff director and chief counsel to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

In 1984 he joined Bell Atlantic, which later merged with Verizon to form Verizon Communications. At the time the merger was completed, Aubrey was executive vice president for public policy and legislative operations. After 14 years at Bell Atlantic/Verizon, Aubrey formed his own public policy consulting firm in Washington in 1998. He remained there until joining SLDN in 2007.