Barbara Blank is Director and Associate General Counsel, Competition and Regulatory, at Meta, where she is responsible for a broad portfolio of competition matters in the US and abroad, including M&A, regulatory investigations, and counseling. Prior to joining Meta in April 2020, Barbara was Deputy Assistant Director of the Anticompetitive Practices Division at the Federal Trade Commission, where she oversaw a wide variety of antitrust matters, as well as led investigations and litigation in the areas of high-tech and digital markets. Previously, Barbara was an associate at WilmerHale.