Title Director of Communications, Citizenship & Sustainability Company AT&T Bio Samantha Lasky is the Director of Communications, Citizenship & Sustainability for AT&T. She manages the external outreach for the company’s education initiatives, foundation, environmental, and community engagement efforts. Previously, Samantha was a Communications Director at The Pew Charitable Trusts. She supported the strategic communications efforts of projects ranging from economic mobility and consumer finance issues to federal subsidies and tax expenditures, to the federal deficit and debt. Before Pew, Samantha founded The SJL Group, Inc. and was an independent consultant for over six years. Her consulting practice included work with both established foundations and start-up nonprofits in the areas of communications, strategic and organizational development, strategic planning initiatives, coalition building, and organizational/program branding and marketing. Among her clients were College Summit, The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, FamiliesUSA, Rosalyn Carter Institute, and the World Resources Institute. Prior to earning her MBA from the University of Michigan, Samantha worked on both a congressional and presidential campaign; was the Political Action Committee and Grassroots Manager for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Project Coordinator for the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (formerly HIMA, now AdvaMed), and Associate Manager for Medtronic, Inc. Additionally, she was a Senior Account Executive with Ketchum Public Relations. Samantha has a Bachelors degree in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, she is the past-chair and current member of the Board of Directors for DC SAFE, Inc., an organization that serves over 5,000 victims of domestic violence annually in Washington, DC.