A member of the Republican Party, Wilson was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018 to serve on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

[3] In private practice, Wilson served as Senior Vice President for Legal, Regulatory & International for Delta Air Lines.

[5] After leaving the FTC, she joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a senior advisor with the antitrust practice in February 2024.

[7] In a February 2023 piece in the Wall Street Journal, Wilson announced her resignation from the FTC, citing her opposition to chair Lina Khan's leadership of the agency and Khan's refusal to recuse from a FTC lawsuit to block Meta's acquisition of a virtual reality app maker.

[8] While working as a staffer on the House Judiciary Committee, Khan helped author a report whose "findings and recommendations clearly show[ed] that it is long-past time for Congress to enact meaningful updates to our antitrust laws to address the lack of competition in digital markets and the monopoly power," of tech firms.