Ms. McPherson is the General Counsel of Ligado Networks, a mobile communications company that operates a satellite network across North America. Before joining Ligado, Ms. McPherson was Senior Counsel at MedStar Health, a regional healthcare system in the metropolitan DC area. Prior to that, she spent nearly 20 years in private practice. She transitioned from private practice from Greenberg Traurig where she was a shareholder based in Washington, DC. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School and is a graduate of the University of Virginia School. Ms. McPherson is a member of the Washington DC Bar Association and Virginia Bar Association. She has served on multiple nonprofit boards, including ACCESS Foundation. She has been an active volunteer voting rights advocate since 2001.