
Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.
Joan Marsh, now retired, was AT&T’s chief regulatory and state external affairs officer, responsible for federal regulatory relations, state external and legislative affairs, and the national regulatory organization supporting AT&T. In 2016, Ms. Marsh was named SVP, Federal Regulatory; and in 2007, she was named VP, Federal Regulatory, with responsibility for AT&T’s wireless, spectrum, and public safety regulatory affairs. From 1997 to 1999, she served as senior regional attorney for AT&T in its Chicago offices, representing AT&T before various state public utilities commissions in the Midwest.
Ms. Marsh is active in the community, particularly in mentoring women as they launch or build their careers. She participates in the Year-Up mentoring program, which empowers low-income young adults to transition to professional careers, as well as American Corporate Partners, which helps retiring veterans transition to the private sector through mentoring, networking, and career advice. Prior to joining AT&T, Ms. Marsh spent five years as a trial litigator with the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. She received a juris doctor with honors from the University of Southern California Law Center in Los Angeles in 1990 and upon graduation was a law clerk for the Honorable Edward Rafeedie of the U.S. District Court for Central District of California, Los Angeles. Ms. Marsh received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1986.

Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.