Worked for industry

Upon leaving the FCC Ferris joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, a Boston-based law firm with a sizable office in Washington. Today he is chair of the firm's Federal Law Practice. Mintz Levin lists as clients Cablevision, Cox Communications, CTIA–The Wireless Association, Time Warner Cable, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, T-Mobile USA, Inc. He has also been a Trustee Associate/Trustee of Boston College continuously since 1986 as well as a Director of the Board of The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. He has been a Director of Cablevision Systems Corp. at AMC Networks Inc. since 1985. He served as a Director of CSC Holdings Inc. since 1985 and Rainbow Media Group

Prior to he appointment to the FCC he was a trial lawyer at the Department of Justice. From 1963 to 1977 he was chief counsel to the US Senate Majority and chief counsel to Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. He also served as general counsel to House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. in 1977. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Boston College in 1978. He holds a JD from Boston College (1961) and a A.B. from Boston College (1954).

Wiley Rein, LLP (law firm) and Steptoe & Johnson (law firm), Media Access Project among other roles

Brown left the FCC in 1981 to return to private practice law as a partner at the firms Steptoe & Johnson and Wiley Rein, LLP. Weilly Rein's present client list includes AT&T, Verizon, Gannett, Gray Television, Viacom, CBS Corp., Belo, RTNDA, among many other telecommunciations and media corporations. In 2009, Brown became the founding member and vice chairman of the board for IRIDIUM Satellite LLC. and in 2010 he became president of Media Access Project, a non-profit, public interest law firm and advocacy organization working in communications policy, where he served for one year. Beofre going to MAP he taught journalism classes at Duke Univeristy. Brown has also served as principal outside counsel for Black Entertainment Television (BET).Brown is former chair of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and a director of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. He has been featured in Ebony, Jet and Black Enterprise magazines.

From 1970 to 1971, he served as assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie, then as staff director of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Senate Government Operations Committee. Brown served as director and vice president for legal affairs of Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. He was also a special investigator for the President's Commission on Campus Unrest in 1970. From 1968 to 1970, Brown worked as an associate with the Washington D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling. In 1967, Brown also served as a law clerk to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren. Holds an L.L.B. degree from Cornell University Law School (1967). Holds an A.B. degree from Hamilton College (1964).

Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan (law firm)

Jones went from the FCC to work as a partner at Sutherland for several years. The firm's Washington offices specialize in "regulatory reform" for a number of corporate clients. Jones has served on the boards and advisory committees including Motorola, Inc. and the Progress and Freedom Foundation a now defunct front group funded by AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Comcast and Time Warner Cable among other communcations companies. Jones served as General Counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. She served as a Director/Trustee of various funds in the Riversource and Columbia fund complexes. Ms. Jones served as a Director of Tri-Continental Corporation from November 7, 2008 to April 14, 2011. She serves as a Director of C-Cor Electronics, Inc., IDS Mutual Fund Group, and Motorola, Inc. She served as a Director of AMNEX, Inc. since March 1998. Ms. Anne P. Jones serves as an Assistant Vice President of Teche Federal Bank at Teche Holding Company.

She served as General Counsel of Federal Home Loan Bank from 1978 to 1979 and as a Director of the Division of Investment Management of Securities and Exchange Commission from 1976 to 1978. Following graduation from law school, Jones practiced law with the Boston firm of Ropes & Gray until she joined the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School.

Latham & Watkins LLP (law firm), Bell South, Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc

Fowler became senior communications counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP from 1987 until 2000. Latham & Watkins claims to have broadband and internet service providers, radio and television broadcasters and cable and satellite companies as clients. From 1991 to 1994, he was the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PowerFone Holdings Inc., a telecommunications company. From 1994 to 2000, he was a Founder and Chairman of UniSite Inc., a developer of antenna sites for use by multiple wireless operators. Mr. Mark S. Fowler Co-founded AssureSat Inc., in 1997 and serves as its Chairman. Mr. Fowler was a Partner of Frontline Wireless, LLC.Mr. Fowler has served as a Director of Talk America Holdings Inc. since September 1999. He also was a VP at Bell South (which later merged to become AT&T). From 1999 to December 2002, Mr. Fowler served as a Director of Pac-West Telecomm Inc., a competitive local exchange carrier Fowler has been a director of radio broadcaster Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. since February 2000.

U.S Dept. of Transportation, Wiley Rein, LLP (law firm)

After leaving the FCC, Dawson served as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation until 1989. Afterwards she joined the law firm Wiley Rein, LLP. and co-chaired the firm's Public Policy Group. Weilly Rein's present client list includes AT&T, Verizon, Gannett, Gray Television, Viacom, CBS Corp., Belo, RTNDA, among many other telecommunciations and media corporations. According to her Wiley Rein profile Dawson has used her time at the law firm to "develop strategies for major newspaper and media companies to protect ownership interests." Developed strategy and successfully represented manufacturers and telecommunications clients with respect to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Developed a nationwide campaign for large energy company to establish presence in the nation's capital and successfully sought a more favorable deregulated market from both Congress and the Administration. Successfully represented an intergovernmental organization with privatization through the legislative and regulatory process. Developed strategies for major newspaper and media companies to protect ownership interests. Launched coalition of high-tech companies to establish their public policy agenda. Developed strategy and successfully represented manufacturers and telecommunications clients with respect to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Chair, Board of Trustees, American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL). Board of Trustees, Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS). U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and Executive Committee, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Adjunct Fellow in regulatory policy, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Chief of Staff to Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee (1987-1989), Senior Campaign Advisor, George H.W. Bush Re-election Campaign (1992). Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (1987-1989). Holds a BA from Washington University.

Chief of Staff to the US Senate Commerce Committee. Holds a BA from Washington University.

After leaving the FCC he started a telephone practice at Dow, Lohnes & Albertson. After a conflict of interest with cable he took his telephone practice to Ginsberg, Feldman & Bress. Following that he was recruited by the frim Ginsberg, Hardy & Bacon. Riviera joined the law firm Wiley Rein, LLP, where he has worked for 38 years representing clients in all types of business transactions, including telecommunications transactions and and brioadcasting mergers and acquisitions. He has been named one of the District of Columbia’s “Super Lawyers” and among The Best Lawyers in America in Communications. Weilly Rein's client list includes AT&T, Verizon, Gannett, Gray Television, Viacom, CBS Corp., Belo, RTNDA, among many other telecommunciations and media corporations. Recognized as a "Leading Lawyer" by Lawyers World (2012), Board Member, University of New Mexico Alumni Association (2012-Present), Co-Head, Agency Review Team, Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team (2008), Director, Foundation for the National Archives (2007-2011), Recipient of The Independent Spanish Broadcasters Association "Friend of Spanish Broadcasting" award (2007), Recipient of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award (2007), Named among the top 12 Telecom experts in the U.S. by Legal Media Group's Best of the Best (2006), Chair and Board Member, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc. (2004-2011), University of New Mexico Foundation (2003-2008), Chair, Advisory Council, Archdiocesan Legal Network (2004-2006), Member, Federal Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State (2004-Present), General Counsel, Benton Foundation (2003-Present), Chair and Member, Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity in the Digital Age, Federal Communications Commission (2003-Present)., Delegate, American Bar Association House of Delegates from the Federal Communications Bar Association (1999-2001), Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA):Foundation Board of Trustees (2008-Present) and President (1995-1996), Board of Trustees, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia (1995-2011), Chairman (1994-2011) and Chair Emeritus (2012-Present), Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC), Member, Advanced Television Field Test Technical Oversight Committee, Federal Communications Commission (1992), Member, Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service, Federal Communications Commission (1988), Board Member, Emma Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media (1987-Present), Member, Federal-State Joint Board on Separations, Federal Communications Commission (1983-1985), Supervisory Commissioner, Telecommunications Industry Advisory Group to Revise Uniform System of Accounts, Federal Communications Commission (1982), Chairman, Advisory Committee on Alternative Financing for Minority Opportunities in Telecommunications, Federal Communications Commission (1982)

Worked for the American Diabetes Association, Sutin Thayer and Brown (1973 -) Served in the US Army an was awared a Bronze Star. Holds a JD from the University of New Mexico, a B.S.B.A. from the University of Albuquerque and a BA in economics from the University of New Mexico.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (law firm) and Patton Boggs, LLP (law firm)

Stephen A. Sharp served 18 months on the F.C.C. after his appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. Upon leaving in 1983 he joined the Washington law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in order to establish a telecommunications group within the firm. According to their website Skadden communications clients "include some of the largest media, communications and investment firms in the United States and abroad." Sharp was later counsel to the law firm of Patton, Boggs & Blow. In 1992 Sharp was convicted of sexually assaulting three teenage boys in the early 1980's and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In 1981 he served as FCC General Counsel simultaneously he served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University beginning in 1977. He worked as an associate for the firm Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis until 1981. He served as legal assistant to Margita White from 1976 to 1978. In 1972, he clerked for the FCC's General Counsel (as a student) and then transitioned into a Staff Attorney from 1974-1976. He worked for the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on the Judiciary and counsel for Impeachment Inquiry. In 1968 he was a reporter for WAVY-TV in Porsmouth, VA. He served as the director of communications for the governor of Tennessee (Winfiled Dunn) election campaign. Upon election he worked as the news secretary and special assistant to the the governor-elect. . Sharp had worked in the Reagan election campaign. He served in the US Army Reserves as a Second Lieutenant, became a Major in the reserve's Judge Advocate General Corps. He holds a JD from from the University of VA (1973). Holds a degree from Washington & Lee University (1969). As a student he worked for WWST and WWST-FM Wooster (1965-1967). He worked in Lexington, VA from 1967 to 1969.

Time Warner Telecommunications, AOL, National Geographic Ventures

Patrick said his biggest accomplishment at the FCC was the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine--the 40-year-old FCC policy that requires broadcasters to air programs on controversial issues. Under Patrick, the commission also moved to ease the way broadcasters are licensed and generally followed a deregulatory approach. In 1991 Patrick joined Time Warner Telecommunications, a operating subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., as chief executive officer. He later became president of AOL wireless. In 2003 Patrick, became president of National Geographic Ventureswhere he focued on National Geographic's rapidly growing television and feature film production and cable channel businesses.

Prior to his FCC appointment, Patrick was an attorney with the firm Adams, Duque Hazeltine in LA (appx. 1973 - 1981). In 1981 he moved to DC "From 1981 to 1983 he served as associate director of Presidential personnel for legal and regulatory agencies - a job that involved screening political appointees. It was while Mr. Patrick was interviewing candidates for a vacancy at the F.C.C." (NYT Feb 7, 1987). He holds a JD from UCLA (1976) and a BA from Occidental College (1973). He begain his Chairmanship at age 35.

Jones Day (law firm), Sprint, State Dept., Sullivvamn Cromwell (law firm), SBC Communications, AT&T

Dennis returned to the private practice of law in 1980-1991, joining Jones Day as a partner. Jones Day's present client list includes CBS Corporation, DIRECTV, Liberty Media Group, Sprint Nextel Corporation and Verizon Communications Inc. In 1992 Dennis was appointed by President Bush as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (92-93). In 1993, she joined Sprint as a vice president.Upon leaving the State Department, Dennis joined Sullivan & Cromwell as special counsel for telecommunications matters. She joined SBC Communications as a vice president in 1995, and worked there until 2005. After SBC merged with AT&T she was responsible for the phone giant's corporate litigation, procurement, IT and copyright legal matters until she retired in November 2008. SBC Senior VP and Asst. General Counsel (1995-98), SBC Senior VP Regulatory and Public Affairs (1998-2002), SBC Senior VP, General Counsel, Secretary of SBC West (2002-04), SBC Senior VP and Assistant General Counsel, SBC Services (2004-05), National Chairman of the Girl Scouts of the USA (2005-). She was involved in the following campaigns: Bush-Cheney '04, George W. Bush for President, John McCain 2008, and the Keep Our Mission PAC.

Prior to her FCC appointment, Diaz Dennis served on the US National Labor Relations Board from 1983 to 1986. From 1978 to 1983 she worked for the Labor Law Department. She was an attorney for Pacific Lighting Co. from 1976 to 1977 and an Associate for the law firm Paul, Hastings,Janofsky & Walker (1973-1976). She holds a JD from Loyola University of LA (1973) and an AB from the UCLA (1970).

Sikes was hired by the Hearst Corporation in March 1993 to oversee the company's New Media & Technology group. In 1999, Sike co-founded READ Foundation, a New York City non profit that provides at-risk youth with one-to-one literacy tutoring. He worked on the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign

Director of the NTIA (1986-1986), Assistant Secretary of Commerce (1986-1989), President of Sikes and Associates, Inc (1978-1976), Director, Department of Consumer Affairs for the State of Missouri (1974-1976), Director for the Department of Community Affairs for the State of Missouri (1973-1974), Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri (1969-1972), Allen, Woosley and Fischer Associate (1964-1968). He holds a LLB from the University of Missiouri Law School (1964) and a BA from Westminster College (1961)

In 1993 Marshall recused herself from any issues relating to broadcast and cable TV because she was negotiating for a private sector job in that area. Later in the year she launched the L.A.-based Marshall Co., a consulting firm handling entertainment and telecommunications.

Prior to her FCC appointment, she was a partner at Wiley Rein & Fielding (1989), White House Staff Attorney Office of the President-Elect (1988-1989), she served as a Director in the Office of Legislative Affairs at the FCC (1987-1988), She was an Associate at Wiley Rein and Fielding from 1986-1987. She worked for the US Treasury Department as Executive Secretary from 1985-1986. Shw was Associate Counsel to the President from 1982-1985, as well as Special Assistant to the President in Legislative Affairs from 1981-1982. She worked for the FEC as Executive Assistant to the Chairman from 1979-1981. Se served on the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration from 1978-1979. She was a Staff Attorney for the FEC from 1977-1978. She holds a JD from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (1977) and a AB from University of North Carolina (1974).

Barrett resigned from the FCC in 1996 to join the Washington office of Chicago-based Edelman Public Relations Worldwide. Edelman clients have included AT&T, General Electric, MetroPCS, Inc., Microsoft, News Corp., Qwest Communications and Time Warner, Inc. He has worked for several campaigns including: Gore 2000, Obama for Illinois, Obama for America and John McCain 2008. Additionally, he is an Advisor for Emerging Issues Policy Forum.

Prior to his FCC appointment, he served in the US Army from 1963-1965. In 1973 he switched his political party affiliation to the Democratic Party. He worked for the Illinois Commerce Commission from 1980-1989 during some of that time he served as the Official Commissioner. From 1979-1980 he worked as the Director of Operations of the Law Enforcement Commission. From 1975-1979 he was the Chicago Director of the NAACP. He worked as an Associate Director of the National Conference of Chirstians and Jews dfrom 1971-1975. He also worked with the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council serving on the Board of Directors (cannot find the date range). He holds a JD from DePaul University (1975) an MA from Loyola University (Chicago) and a BA from Roosevelet University (1969),

Duggan left the FCC to become President and CEO of PBS, where he served for 5 1/2 years. He later served as President and CEO of the Society of the Four Arts, a cultural and educational institution in Palm Beach, Florida.

Prior to his work at the FCC, He worked on the campaign of John Kerry. He had his own consulting business starting in 1981 (unable to verify from a second source), He was the Washingtonian Magazine National Editor from 1981-1986 (still need to coorborate), he worked for the US State Department Policy Planning (1979-1981), He was special Assistant to the Secretary of the US Health, Educatin and Welfare Department from (1977-1979), He worked as Special Assistant to Senator Adlai Stevenson III from 1971-1977. He worked as the Director of Special Projects for the Smithsonian Institute from 1969 to 1970. From 1965-1969 he served as Staff Assistant to the POTUS, he worked as a reporter for the Washington Post from 1694-1965.

McKinsey & Company (consulting firm) and Blackstone Group (financial services)

After leaving the FCC, He has been a Director of ASSIA, Inc. since June 11, 2012, Director of Kno, Inc. since November 2011, Infinera Corporation from February 21, 2007 to May 19, 2010. He has also joined the board of several technology companies, including Intel Corp (2001), Charles Ross Partners, LaunchBox Digital, GTCR,LLC and Golder Rauner, LLC (2009). He served as a Member of President Barack Obama’s Presidential Transition Team (2008-09), where he served as the Head of Economic Agency Review Group. He serves as the Chairman of Sigma Networks Telecommunications, Inc. He has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Sun Edison LLC since October 2008. He has worked with Data Domain, Inc. since March 2007 and Expedia Inc. since March 2002. He served NorthPoint Communications Group, Inc. from May 1998 to March 30, 2001. Mr. Hundt served as a Member of Intel Policy Advisory Board, from 1999 to 2001 and served on the Board of multiple startups.Hundt worked as an advisor to McKinsey & Company and to the Blackstone Group (2000), Unwired Planet, Inc. (formerly, Openwave Systems Inc. and Phone.com Inc.) since April 1999. He also served as Principal of REH and Special Advisor at Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Venture Partner at Benchmark Capital (1999), Ascend Communications Inc. since July 1998. He served as a Director of Allegiance Telecom Inc. since March 1998. He served as an Advisor, Chief Financial and Enterprise Services Officer and Executive Vice President at Infinera Corporation. Hundt is currently the CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital, a non-profit advocacy coalition of businesses, investors and attorneys. Mr. Hundt served as a Co-Chairman of The Forum on Communications and Society at The Aspen Institute from 1998 to 2006. He serves as the Chairman of the International Digital Economy Accord (IDEA) Project.

From 1982 to 1993, he served as a Partner at the Washington D.C. office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where his work involved legal and regulatory issues in emerging technologies, such as cellular telephones, direct broadcast satellite, and interactive television. While at Latham and Watkins, Mr. Hundt helped to establish the telecommunications practice, serving such clients as Hughes Communications, the Wireless Cable Association and Vanguard Cellular Systems. He served as an Associate in Los Angeles and Washington offices from 1975 to 1982. He holds a JD from Yale Law (1974) He holds a BA in history with exceptional distinction from Yale (1969).

Since leaving the FCC, she became the Principal of Susan Ness Strategies, Vital Voices Global Partnership - April 2011, President & CEO – GreenStone Media, LLC (2005-2007), Co-Lead Agency Review Team – Obama Administration Transition (Nov 2008 – Dec 2008), Ness has become a senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) April 2010 and an affiliated expert of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) 2008, a DC-based think tank that is funded by telecommunications companies. She is also a board member of Gannett Co., Inc, October 2011. Previously, she served on the corporate boards of LCC International, a global technology firm, and on the post-bankruptcy petition board of Adelphia Communications Corporation.

Prior to her FCC appointment, Commissioner Ness was a senior lender to communications companies as a group head and vice president of a regional financial institution. She served as Assistant Counsel to the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing of the U.S. House of Representatives, and she founded and directed the Judicial Appointments Project of the National Women's Political Caucus. Ness is a member of the NARUC Committee on Communications, the Federal Communications Bar Association, and Leadership Washington (Class of 1988). She served in many civic leadership roles, including chair of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Charter Review Commission; vice chair of the Montgomery County Task Force on Community Access Television; and president of the Montgomery County Commission for Women. She holds a MBA from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania (1981-1983). She holds a JD from Boston College Law School (1971-1974). She holds a BA from Douglass College (1966-1970). At Douglass she served on the board of directors of WRSU Radio (Rutgers University).

Since leaving the FCC, Rachelle Chong has become the Regional VP of Government Affairs at Comcast. She also served on the California Public Utilities Commission and as a Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointee to the California Office of the Chief Information Officer, focusing on policy issues relating to telecommunications, 2006. During this time she became an member for NARUC Telecommunications Committee. She continues to serve as Chair of the Expert Panel of the California Emerging Technology Fund, a non-profit organization championed by President Peevey and Commissioner Kennedy, which has been responsible for distributing another $60 million to grantees who, among others, serve groups such as seniors, disadvantaged or low income at-risk youth, people with disabilities and rural dwellers; Previously, Ms. Chong was a partner of Graham & James and Coudert Brothers international law firms in San Francisco and Palo Alto.

In 1991 (some places say 1992), she became a partner of the now defunct Graham & James and the head of its Regulatory Department. Her practice before the California Public Utilities Commission focused on state regulatory matters on behalf of telecommunications companies, especially cellular and paging companies. She joined the international law firm of Graham & James in 1987. She began her legal career in Washington, D.C. in 1984, practicing before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) representing broadcasters and early cellular telephone applicants. She holds a BA in Journalism and Political Science Degree from the University of California, Berkeley,1981. She holds a JD from Hastings College of the Law,1984 where she served as Editor-in-Chief of COMM/ENT, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal.

Carlyle Group (private equity), U.S. Government

Kennard is the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. After leaving the FCC, he became a Managing Director at the Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm with over $100 billion under management. At Carlyle Group Kennard specialized in investments in the telecommunications and media sectors. Kennard previously served on the boards of directors of The New York Times Company, Sprint Nextel Corporation (national US wireless carrier), Handspring, Inc. (manufacturer of the Treo and other wireless devices), eAccess Ltd. (national Japanese wireless carrier), as well as on the boards of several companies owned by The Carlyle Group.

Before his appointment as FCC Chairman, Mr. Kennard served as the FCC’s general counsel from 1993 until 1997. He joined the FCC from the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand (now DLA Piper) where he was a partner and member of the firm’s board of directors. Mr. Kennard also served on several nonprofit boards including the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, One Economy Corporation, Common Sense Media, Year-Up Inc., the Yale University Council, Gallaudet University and Media Access Project. Mr. Kennard graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and received his Law degree from Yale Law School. Mr. Kennard has received honorary degrees from Howard University, Gallaudet University, and Long Island University.

Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth

Furchtgott-Roth founded Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises (consulting), Hudson Institute (think tank)

Soon after leaving the FCC Furchtgott-Roth founded Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises, an economic consulting firm. He is also a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and founder and director of the Institute's Center for the Economics of the Internet. The Hudson Institute derives its funding from a number of corporate sponsors including technology and communications companies. Authored: A Tough Act to Follow?: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Separation of Powers Failure (2005) and The Art of Writing Good Regulations (Federal Communications Law Journal) (2000).

Before his appointment to the FCC, he was chief economist for the House Committee on Commerce and a principal staff member on the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He was a Senior Economist for Economists Incorporated from 1988-1995 and, before that, he served as a Research Analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses. He was a columnist for the New York Sun. Holds an S.B. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. He is a member of the American Economics Association and the Econometrics Society. Authored: Cable TV: Regulation or Competition? (1996) The Economics of Disaster: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1995), International Trade in Computer Software (1993),The U.S. Sea-Based Strategic Force: Costs of the Trident Submarine and Missile Programs and Alternatives (1980).

Providence Equity Partners, MK Powell Group (consultancy), National Cable & Telecommunications Association (corporate lobby)

Powell left the FCC in 2005 and soon joined Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm with multi-billion-dollar holdings in media and telecommunications companies. In 2006 became a member of the board of trustees for the RAND Corporation.He also started the MK Powell Group consultancy where he served clients from the communications sector. In 2011, he became president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the chief lobbying group for cable companies.

Prior to his FCC appointment, he previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division in the Department of Justice (1996-1997). Before joining the Antitrust Division, he was an associate in O’Melveny & Myers LLP (1994-1996). Clerked for the Honorable Harry T. Edwards, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served as a policy advisor to Secretary of Defense, Richard B. Cheney, (1988-1990). Was in the military as an armored cavalry officer in the United States Army and was seriously injured and—retired from service (1985-1988). Serves on the Board of Visitors of both the College of William and Mary and the Georgetown University Law Center. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. Holds a JD from Georgetown, 1993.Holds a BA in Government from William and Mary, 1985. Son of General Colin Powell.

OC. Inc., Benton Foundation, Spiegel & McDiarmid (law firm).

After leaving the FCC Tristani served as managing director of the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ (OC, Inc.), where she advocated for the public interest in the media, including a diversity of ownership and viewpoints. In 2006 Tristani became president of the Benton Foundation where she oversaw the foundation's work educating policymakers, academics and activists about communications policy. She is currently with the law firm of Spiegel & McDiarmid and also serves on the board of Children Now.

Prior to her FCC appointment, she was the first woman elected to the New Mexico State Corporation Commission (SCC) and served as SCC Chairman in 1996. She played an active role in implementing the 1996 Telecommunications Act at the state level. As a result of her SCC work, the Governor named her one of New Mexico’s outstanding women of 1996. The granddaughter of the late U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez, who represented the people of New Mexico in the United States Congress from 1931 to 1962. She was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with Spanish as her first language. She was awarded the NALEO Edward R. Roybal Award for Outstanding Public Service in 2000, and in 1998 and 1996 was named one of the nation’s 100 most influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine. She worked for Keleher & McLeod as an Associate from (1990-1994). She worked for Senator Jeff Bingaman from 1983-1987. She is a member of the New Mexico and Colorado bars. She holds a JD from the University of New Mexico, 1990. She holds a BA from Barnard College, 1987.

Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP (law frim), Frontier Communications, Partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Ms. Abernathy serves as Member of Advisory Board at ZANA Network, LLC. She serves as a Director of Avondale Ventures, LLC. She has been a Director of GoAmerica Inc. since August 2008 and ISO New England Inc. since October 2012. She served as a Director of Frontier Communications Corp. (formerly, Citizens Communications Co.) from April 10, 2006 to January 28, 2010. She served as Director of Purple Communications, Inc. from August 2008 to February 9, 2009.

Upon leaving the FCC Abernathy joined as a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, a Washington, a DC communications law firm that lists its clients as large and well-established media companies and communications trade associations, including motion pictures studios, daily newspapers, wired and wireless cable television systems, private cable systems, satellite operators, IPTV providers, and online video distributors. She is currently the Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs of Frontier Communications, the telecommunications and Internet service company. She also is a member of the Federal Communciations Bar Association and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law.

VP of Public Policy at BroadBand Office Communciations, Inc (2001), Partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, President for Regulatory Affairs at U.S. West, and VP for Federal Regulatory Issues at AirTouch Communications, Inc. She holds a JD from The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law and a BS from Marquette.

Common Cause (public interest advocacy)

Copps left the FCC in 2011. In 2012 he joined Common Cause as senior advisor for its Media and Democracy Reform Initiative. He also serves on the boards of Free Press and Public Knowledge, public interest advocates on communications policy.

He was a staffer of Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) and served for over a dozen years as Hollings' Chief of Staff. Copps held positions in the private sector with a Fortune 500 company and a major trade association. Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, and then Assistant Secretary, for Trade Development at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He taught U. S. History at Loyola University in New Orleans from 1967-1970. Holds a PhD in American History from UNC Chapel Hill. BA from Wofford College in 1963. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Wofford College in 2005.

Aspen Institute, Patton Boggs, LLP (law firm)

Martin stepped down from the FCC to join the Aspen Institute as a senior fellow in the think tank's Communications and Society Program. He has since become a partner with the law firm Patton Boggs LLP, where he is co-chair of the firm's technology and communications practice. Patton Boggs clients include local and long distance carriers and Internet, wireless, satellite, broadcasting and cable concerns. Specific Martin clients include Comcast, Facebook and the Communications Workers of America.

Prior to his FCC appointment he worked in the White House, where he served as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and was on the staff of the National Economic Council. He also served as the official U.S. government representative to the G-8's Digital Opportunity Task Force. Prior to joining the Bush Administration, he served as a principle technology and telecommunications advisor on the Bush-Cheney Transition team. He assumed this role after serving as the Deputy General Counsel to the Bush campaign in Austin, Texas from July 1999 through December 2000. From 1997 to 1999, Chairman Martin served as a Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. He had previously served in the Office of the Independent Counsel following several years of work in private practice at the firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Before joining Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Martin was a law clerk for United States Court District Judge William M. Hoeveler in Miami, Florida. Chairman Martin is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association. Holds a JD from Harvard Law School. Holds a MPP from Duke University Holds a BA in Political Science with Honors and Distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at Chapel Hill, he was elected Student Body President and President of the North Carolina Association of Student Governments. He also served on the University of North Carolina Board Of Trustees.

Upon leaving the FCC, Addelsten became Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service, where he helped administer federal grants for rural broadband connectivity. In 2012, Adelstein assumed the role of president and CEO of the PCIA (The Wireless Infrastructure Association).

Before his appointment as Chairman, he was a senior legislative aide to then Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) (1995-2002). He served as Professional Staff Member to Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman David Pryor (D-AR) including a position as special liaison to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), and as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI). Before his work in the Senate he was a Teaching Fellow in the Department of History at Harvard University. He holds a MA in History from Stanford. He holds a BA with Distinction in Political Science from Stanford. He also served as a Communications Consultant to the Stanford Graduate School of Business

Healthy Media Commission, Free State Foundation (think tank)

Taylor Tate left her FCC post in 2009. She has since served on numerous national boards and as special envoy to the International Telecommunications Union for child online issues. She is also co-chair of the national Healthy Media Commission and a senior fellow for the Free State Foundation, a think tank that supports a deregulatory approach to telecommunications policy. Free State Foundation receives funding from telecommunications companies and trade groups. Taylor Tate serves on numerous boards including the industry-funded Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, Common Sense Media, Centerstone Research Institute and Healthstream, Inc.

Prior to her FCC appointment, she worked as the Chairman and director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority. While at the TRA she was appointed (by the FCC) to the Federal-State Joint Board on Advanced Telecommunications Services. She served as the Chairman of the Washington Action Committee for NARUC. She has been an adjunct lecturer at the MBA, Nursing and Law School level and served as a Director at Vanderbilt's Institute on Public Policy. Formerly served as Legal Counsel and senior policy advisor to both Lamar Alexander (while he was governor) and former Governor and Congressman Don Sundquist. Represented the U.S. in bilateral negotiations, the World Radio Conference in Geneva; the West Africa ICT Conference in Ghana; APEC-Tel, the Asian Pacific Telecom Ministers in Bangkok; and at the Global Forum in Italy. She is the founder and former president of Renewal House, a drug recovery residence for women and former chair of board of directors of Centerstone (behavioral healthcare organization). She serves on the boards of the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Family and Children's Services, Junior League of Nashville, Martha O'Bryan Center Foundation, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Tennessee Voices for Children, Tennessee Tomorrow, Inc., and the League of Women Voters. She is an Elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Her honors include: Award for Outstanding Public Service from Common Sense Media, the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the Carol Reilly Award from the New York State Broadcasters Association, the Touchstones of Leadership Award for Public Service from Women in Cable Television, the YW Award from the Academy for Women of Achievement, and the Jerry Duvall Public Service Award from the Phoenix Center for Advanced Public Policy Studies. She holds a JD from University of Tennessee at Knoxville 1980. She holds a BA from University of Tennessee at Knoxville 1977.

McDowell is currently a partner in the Communications and Telecommunications practices at Wiley Rein LLP. Weilly Rein's present client list includes AT&T, Verizon, Gannett, Gray Television, Viacom, CBS Corp., Belo, RTNDA, among many other telecommunciations and media corporations. In 2011, McDoweel received the Media Institute's Freedom of Speech Award for defending the First Amendment right to freedom of expression. The Media Institute receives funding from the Walt Disney Company, News Corp., Verizon Communications, iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications), CBS Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Time Warner Cable and Gannett Co., Inc. among other major communications companies.

Prior to his FCC appointment McDowell was senior vice president for the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) where he returned in 2006 after several years away. He has served on the North American Numbering Council (NANC) and on the board of directors of North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection, Inc. (NBANC). In 2003 he ran for the 35th district in the Virginia and lost, again (he ran in 1995 for the same seat and lost). He was appointed by Virginia Governor George Allen to the Governor's Advisory Board for a Safe and Drug-Free Virginia, and to the Virginia Board for Contractors where he served for eight years. In 2000, McDowell worked on the Bush-Cheney campaign's legal team after the presidential election while Florida recounted the state ballots. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the McLean Project for the Arts. He served as the executive vice president and general counsel of America's Carriers Telecommunications Association (ACTA), which merged with CompTel in 1999 and he became VP. In 1995, McDowell attempted his first run at public office, a state Senate seat from Virginia's 32nd District. McDowell is admitted to the bar in Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, First, Fourth and Fifth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. After he received his JD, he joined Arter & Hadden. He earned his JD from the College of William and Mary in1990. He also served as chief legislative aide to Delegate Robert T. Andrews (R- McLean) of the Virginia House of Delegates. He holds a BA from Duke University,1985.

Prior to her appointment as FCC Commissioner, she was elected in 1998 to represent South Carolina's sixth district on the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSC) (11 years) and chaired the PSC from 02-04. She is a past chair of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and served as the chair of the Washington Action Committee. She worked for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' (NARUC) Washington Action Committee and as a member of both the association's Audit Committee and Utilities Market Access Partnership Board. Commissioner Clyburn is also a former chair of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC). Was publisher and GM of The Coastal Times (14 years). Served on the South Carolina State Energy Advisory Council, the Trident Technical College Foundation, the South Carolina Cancer Center Board, the Columbia College Board of Visitors, the Palmetto Project Board (as secretary/treasurer), Chair of the YWCA of Greater Charleston and on the boards of Reid House of Christian Service, Edventure Children's Museum, Trident Urban League and the Trident United Way. Clyburn was previously appointed to the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee's Common Ground School Improvement Committee and the Edventure Museum's South Carolina Great Friend to Kids Committee. Life Member of the NAACP, a member of The Links, Inc. and the SC Advisory Council of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and serves as President of the Charleston County Democratic Women and Black Women Entrepreneurs. She holds a BS degree in Banking, Finance & Economics from the University of South Carolina. Daughter of Assistant Democratic Party Leader of the United States House of Representative Jim Clyburn (D- SC)

Julius Genachowski is a Managing Director in the U.S. buyout team of the Carlyle Group, focusing on acquisitions and growth investments in global technology, media and telecom, including Internet and mobile. He is based in Washington, DC. Genachowski also joined Sprint’s board of directors, a position that entitles him to an $85,000 retainer, meeting fees, and $150,000 in Sprint stock every year. http://investors.sprint.com/corporate-governance/default.aspx http://s21.q4cdn.com/487940486/files/doc_financials/annual/2015/1001199357.PDF http://d1lge852tjjqow.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000101830/7e33d4f5-1440-408f-ad60-bd425ed83b56.pdf

Prior to his FCC Chairman appointment, he was Chief of Business Operations at the FCC and before that General Counsel at IAC/InterActiveCorp; Special Advisor to General Atlantic; and co-founder of LaunchBox Digital. In the1990s, he served as Chief Counsel to Chairman Reed Hundt, as well as Special Counsel to General Counsel William Kennard (later FCC Chairman, 1997-2001). He has served as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk for two years, for Justice David Souter and Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., and as a clerk for Chief Judge Abner Mikva of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Genachowski worked in Congress on the staff of the House select committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair, and for then-U.S. Representative (now Senator) Charles E. Schumer. He has a J.D., from Harvard Law School 91, and served as co-Notes Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He holds a B.A. (85) from Columbia College, where he was Editor of Columbia Spectator's Broadway Magazine and was a writer and researcher for Fred Friendly, former President of CBS News. He was also a certified Emergency Medical Technician, served on the Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance, and taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). He serves on the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States. President Obama also named Genachowski to lead the United States delegation to Poland for the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

In 2011, Baker announced that she was cutting short her term at the FCC to take a lobbying job with Comcast. The announcemnet occured only months after she voted to approve the Comcast-NBC merger. In 2014, she became president of CTIA - The Wireless Association, an industry trade group that represents the international wireless telecommunications industry.

Prior to her appointment at the FCC, she worked at the NTIA: as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commuciations and Information and Acting Administrator, Deputy Assistant Secretary (2007), Senior Advisor (2004). Pre-NTIA: she was VP of Williams Mullen Stategies, Senior Counsel of Covad Communications (00-02) and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) (98-00). She worked for the US Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit and DeLange and Hudspeth, L.L.P and from 1990-1992 she worked for the Legislative Affairs Office of the US Department of State in Washington. She has a BA from Washington & Lee University and a JD from University of Houston.

Prior to her appointment at the FCC, she worked for Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller and the late Senator Daniel Inouye (07-08). FCC senior legal advisor to former Commissioner Copps (03-07) and counsel to the Wireline Bureau chief from (02-03). Prior to her work within the FCC she was a communications associate at Drinker Biddle and Reath. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and a JD from NYU Law

Prior to his appointment as Commissioner of the FCC he served Deputy General Counsel and Associate General Counsel for the FCC. Pre-FCC: He served as partner in Communications at Jenner & Block LLP (Coincidentally, Jen Yeh also worked at Jenner & Block at the same time but indicated he got his FCC post soon after joining and did not do much work for J&B). He served as Chief Counsel of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Senior Counsel at the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice, as Deputy Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. He also was the Associate General Counsel at Verizon. He was as an Honors Program trial attorney in the Telecommunications Task Force at the DOJ Antitrust Division. He worked as a Law Clerk to Judge Martin Feldman of the Us District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He holds a BA from Harvard with honors and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.

Prior to joining the agency Commissioner O’Rielly served as a Policy Advisor in the Office of the Senate Republican Whip, led by U.S. Senator John Cornyn, since January 2013. He worked in the Republican Whip’s Office since 2010, as an Advisor from 2010 to 2012 and Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director from 2012 to 2013 for U.S. Senator Jon Kyl.

Prior to joining the FCC, Chairman Wheeler was Managing Director at Core Capital Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early stage Internet Protocol (IP)-based companies. He served as President and CEO of Shiloh Group, LLC, a strategy development and private investment company specializing in telecommunications services and co-founded SmartBrief, the internet’s largest electronic information service for vertical markets. From 1976 to 1984, Chairman Wheeler was associated with the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), where he was President and CEO from 1979 to 1984. Following NCTA, Chairman Wheeler was CEO of several high tech companies, including the first company to offer high speed delivery of data to home computers and the first digital video satellite service. From 1992 to 2004, Chairman Wheeler served as President and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).