Amy Jo Smith serves as President & CEO of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, the leading trade group for the digital media entertainment industry, representing the interests of the world’s largest entertainment content providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, distribution platforms and technology companies. A former White House communications advisor, Smith since the 1997 introduction of DVD has led the industry-funded group’s efforts to promote and advocate for all new means of bringing content closer to consumers through home and personal devices. DEG’s supports its members to help create a robust marketplace to lead the new era of content consumption, using current innovations in technology to improve content delivery and enable better consumer experience.