Marissa Mitrovich, Vice President of Public Policy at the Fiber Broadband Association brings a deep understanding of the rapidly evolving policy landscape in Washington and how it intersects with broadband deployment, national security, and emerging technologies. As AI accelerates demand for data centers, power, and low-latency connectivity, fiber has become the indispensable backbone of AI infrastructure. Marissa can speak to why scalable, high-capacity fiber networks are foundational to U.S. AI leadership, how federal and state policymakers are approaching infrastructure deployment, and what regulatory shifts are underway that will shape the next decade of connectivity.