Peter Saharko

Peter Saharko leads Verizon state regulatory and policy team for 42 states. Prior to taking on that role, he led Verizon’s public sector partner and vendor negotiation team and served as Verizon’s public sector deal attorney, where he led Verizon’s negotiations with public sector entities like New York City, New York State, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Peter joined Verizon after five years in a number of different roles at the Federal Communications Commission, most recently as an assistant divsiion chief in the Competition Policy Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau. Before that, he was a litigator at Covington & Burling. Prior to his legal career, Peter worked as a New Jersey Statehouse journalist and in several government roles at the local, state, and federal levels.