Kate Jensen

Kate Jensen is a partner of the Government Affairs & Public Policy practice at Steptoe.

Prior to returning to Steptoe, Kate served as Corporate Counsel at Amazon Web Services where she led multiple global policy initiatives for AWS's infrastructure regulatory compliance team. She identified opportunities for proactive engagement with policymakers, developed global advocacy strategies and industry partnerships, and managed cross-discipline teams to execute lobbying campaigns on environmental, products, and trade topics in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific region. Her legal and advocacy work with AWS covered global waste laws, chemicals and materials restrictions, workplace health and safety, and trade issues impacting cloud service providers. She also served as her team’s lead on AWS's AI/Machine Learning infrastructure expansion program.  

In her past experience with Steptoe’s Government Affairs and Public Policy practice, Kate focused on legislative and regulatory counseling in the financial services sector, including insurance and payments policy, as well as commercial real estate. She also represented a major U.S. manufacturer of lighting and smart building solutions on energy efficiency, Internet of Things, and tax policy issues.

Kate clerked for the Honorable Richard W. Story on the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Before law school, she worked as a federal lobbyist for a bipartisan DC-based firm, as Advance Team & Events Coordinator for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and as Director of Finance Operations for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.