ZETA Sets A Record For Quarterly Hill Meetings
Federal advocacy is a relentless grind, yet ZETA’s policy team managed to set a new internal record by facilitating 80 in-person meetings in the final quarter of 2025. This level of engagement is a testament to our team’s persistence, and we owe a massive shoutout to our CEO, Jose Gaona, for joining every single meeting. We hope his walking shoes are holding up, because logging that many miles across the Hill is no small feat. What makes this milestone truly remarkable is that we achieved it during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While others might have slowed or even paused, we leaned in, proving that there is never a bad time to amplify the Gen-Z vision for tech policy.
As ZETA’s global community grows to 200,000 monthly learners, our conversations with D.C. leaders become even more vital. This quarter, we focused our energy on the offices leading in tech across the House Committees on Education and the Workforce,Energy and Commerce, and the Senate HELP Committee, and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. We’ve been meeting with leaders on the Hill for over a year to build dialogue and expand collaboration so these meetings weren't introductory; they were strategic deep dives into high-stakes legislation. We were on the ground educating leaders on the critical need to keep Section 1564 out of the final FY 2026 NDAA to protect spectrum auctions. Simultaneously, we championed the short term extension of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015, ensuring that vital information-sharing frameworks remain operational to protect our digital infrastructure as we work towards a broader 10-year reauthorization.
Throughout every meeting, our approach remained strictly bipartisan and focused on Gen-Z priorities. Gen Z is currently the primary driver of annual online commerce, making up over 50% of all online purchases annually, and the leading voice redefining digital wellness and data privacy. As AI reshapes the global workforce over the next decade, our perspective is the one that will navigate those shifting tides.
A major point of pride for us is that ZETA never outsources relationship building. Every handshake and follow-up, including our work on the NDAA and CISA, is the direct result of our own team’s hard work. This level of access only happens when leaders of all ages remain open to the voices that will inhabit the future they are currently legislating. We are incredibly grateful to our friends on the Hill for opening their doors to that future and working alongside us to build the tech landscape we all deserve.
