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Don Rosenberg

Don Rosenberg
Don Rosenberg recently retired as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Qualcomm Inc. where he was responsible for overseeing Qualcomm's worldwide legal matters, its Global Government Affairs organization and the Corporate Compliance function. During his 14 year tenure at Qualcomm, Rosenberg played a key role in shaping and executing the company’s strategic direction and policy initiatives regularly engaging with governments throughout the world, including U.S., China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the EU and its Member States. Before joining Qualcomm, Rosenberg served as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Apple Inc. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and general counsel of IBM Corporation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; the National Committee on US/China Relations; the International Advisory Board at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy and the China Leadership Board for it's 21st Century China Center. In 2019, Rosenberg served as a commissioner on the Reagan Institute’s Task Force on 21st Century National Security Technology and Workforce. In 2020 he supported the 21st Century China Center’s working group on science and technology in U.S.-China Relations. He is currently a member of the Working Group on Semiconductors and the Security of the United States and Taiwan, a joint effort of the Asia Society and the Hoover Institution.