Cathy Foster

Cathy Foster is the Vice President, Government Relations & Public Policy at eBay. In this role she leads the Global Government Relations function and lead eBay’s legislative, policy, antitrust and government affairs work. She will also be responsible for maintaining important relationships with government officials and other stakeholders around the world.

Cathy has more than 20 years of public policy, regulatory and communications experience. She joins eBay from Apple Inc., where most recently she was the head of Corporate Government Affairs. During her long tenure at Apple, she was responsible for building the Global Government Affairs function under founder Steve Jobs. During her career, Cathy served as an Associate Director of the Office of Political Affairs in the White House and worked on George H.W. Bush’s presidential campaign.