Kilberg became head in ’98 of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), a regional high-tech industry group that represents the local offices of such companies as AOL and EDS. NVTC claimed credit in 2000 for lobbying Virginia to become the first state in the nation to enact a commercial code governing Internet-based electronic contracts. Back before Al Gore invented the Internet, Kilberg worked as an attorney at the DC corporate firm of Arnold & Porter. She was also a White House aide to presidents Nixon, Ford and Bush. For President Bush, she “directed communications and policy relations between the White House and all interest groups in the United States, with a special emphasis on the business community.”