Sherrese M. Smith has served as a corporate partner at Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm, since 2013, where she is a member of the firm s media, technology and telecommunications practice and currently serves as Global Managing Partner, where she helps direct the growth, management, and strategy of the firm. She previously served as Vice-Chair of the firm s data privacy and cybersecurity practice. Ms. Smith is known as one of the country s preeminent Data Privacy and Cybersecurity and Media and Technology attorneys. Ms. Smith regularly counsels companies on complex transactional and regulatory issues, including data privacy and cybersecurity and breach response issues across various jurisdictions (including the U.S., E.U., and Asia). Ms. Smith is also renowned for superior advisement on crisis issues and, as a result, is regularly sought after by corporate board members and the C-suite. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Ms. Smith served as Chief Counsel to Chairman Julius Genachowski at the Federal Communications Commission from 2009 to 2013, before which she was Vice President and General Counsel of Washington Post Digital and served in various other leadership positions from 2002 to 2009. Ms. Smith also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Cable One, Inc., a broadband communications provider. She is also Chair of the Northwestern University s Law School board and a member of the University of Maryland s Journalism School board. Ms. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina and a Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. The Board believes Ms. Smith s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her extensive management and leadership experience, broad exposure to cybersecurity matters, experience as a director serving on other public company boards, reputation for her business acumen, and her extensive experience advising on media, data privacy, and technology matters.