Lupita Sanchez Cornejo is the director of external affairs for AT&T, overseeing legislative and community affairs for the Greater Los Angeles region. She is responsible for executing local strategies that achieve corporate legislative and regulatory objectives; presenting company positions to external stakeholders in key issue areas; and managing community partnerships with nonprofit organizations, philanthropic and corporate social responsibility and consumer advocacy communities. She heads a team who works with policymakers across the Los Angeles region on AT&T’s new technology deployment and infrastructure investment. For over 18 years, she has been a valuable part of the AT&T family, advancing the company’s public policy and philanthropic initiatives through a variety of leadership positions with community and business organizations.

Cornejo earned a BA in political science from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and an MPA from the USC Price School of Public Policy. In 1994, she was named to USC’s Order of Troy for her academic excellence, leadership and extraordinary service and commitment to the university community.