Laura Sallstrom

Laura is a technology policy strategist with extensive experience advising companies and industry coalitions on regulatory and market developments shaping the global digital economy. She brings deep experience translating technical and business developments into policy strategy, identifying and managing global trends and helping organizations engage constructively with governments on emerging technology issues.   

She is a founding partner of ThinkTech Policy Consulting, where she works with technology companies and industry groups on politics, policy, and regulatory strategy related to artificial intelligence, platform regulation, competition policy, digital trade, and other evolving technology regulatory issues. Her work focuses on helping organizations understand emerging regulatory trends and develop effective engagement strategies with policymakers and regulators. 

Laura previously served as the global head of public policy at Access Partnership, where she advised global technology companies on regulatory strategy and public policy engagement worldwide. Her work included leading policy initiatives, building cross-industry coalitions and supporting companies navigating complex regulatory developments affecting technology and digital markets. 

Laura helped the Business Software Alliance start the first ever technology policy association in the Indo-Pacific. Prior to that she served as the director of the Global Agreement on Trade in Services and on Special 301 at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). She briefly managed the South Asia regional portfolio at USTR. 

Laura maintains an adjunct professorship at Duke University teaching technology and trade policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy. Laura holds a master’s degree in international relations and economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.