Commissioner McDowell to Join FCC Women and MMTC As We Celebrate Women’s History April 10th

by mmtcbbsj on April 4, 2013

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell to Join Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel, Mignon Clyburn, and Others at April 10th Celebration

Washington, DC (April 4, 2013): The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is proud to celebrate women’s history with many phenomenal FCC women leaders, just one week away. We are pleased to announce that Commissioner Robert McDowell will also be joining the celebration, sharing his stories of the remarkable women he has worked with over his years at the FCC, including his all-woman staff.

FCC Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn will provide the opening and closing stories, respectively, following an introduction by former Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate. Other storytellers include former Commissioners Kathleen Abernathy and Gloria Tristani, Kathy Brown, Hon. Karen Kornbluh, Deborah Lathen, and Hon. Cathy Sandoval.

Of 79 commissioners appointed since 1934, there have been 15 female commissioners, of whom one was Asian (Rachelle Chong), one was African American (Mignon Clyburn), and two were Hispanic (Patricia Diaz Dennis and Gloria Tristani). As we celebrate the contributions of women at the FCC, we celebrate the diversity of viewpoints that is needed to lead an increasingly diverse America.

The luncheon will be held Wednesday, April 10th, from 12 noon to 2pm. Doors open from 11:30am to 12:15pm for networking. The theme for the luncheon:

FCC Women Leaders Past and Present

Celebrate Women’s Her-Story

The full program is available online.

April 10, 2013
12 noon to 2pm*
*Doors open from 11:30-12:15 for networking
National Council of Negro Women
633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004
***Registration is closed***
To be added to the wait list, or if you are an invited Honoree who has not RSVP’d, please call (202)973-4314 or email
mcoley [at] mmtconline [dot] org
dgriffin [at] mmtconline [dot] org

Invited Honorees

Present and Former Commissioners

Hon. Kathleen Abernathy
Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker
Hon. Rachelle Chong
Hon. Mignon Clyburn
Hon. Mimi Weyforth Dawson
Hon. Patricia Diaz Dennis
Hon. Frieda B. Hennock*
Hon. Anne P. Jones
Hon. Sherrie Marshall
Hon. Susan Ness
Hon. Charlotte T. Reid*
Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel
Hon. Deborah Taylor Tate
Hon. Gloria Tristani
Hon. Margita White*

Past and Present Bureau and Office Chiefs

Dorothy Attwood, Wireline Competition Bureau
Kathy Brown, Common Carrier Bureau
Mindel de la Torre, International Bureau**
Monica Desai, Media Bureau; Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Michele Ellison, Enforcement Bureau**
Michele Farquhar, Wireless Bureau
Judith Harris, Director, Office of Legislative Affairs
Regina Keeney, International Bureau, Common Carrier Bureau, Wireless Bureau
Deborah Klein, Media Bureau
Karen Kornbluh, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Sharon Gillett, Wireline Competition Bureau
Donna Gregg, Media Bureau
Rosemary Harold, Media Bureau
Martha Johnson, Director, Office of Legislative Affairs
Meredith J. Jones, Cable Services Bureau
Deborah Lathen, Cable Services Bureau
Ruth Milkman, Wireless Bureau**
Kris Monteith, Enforcement and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau**
Elizabeth Rose, Director, Office of Public Affairs
Hon. Cathy Sandoval, Office of Communications Business Opportunities
Catherine W. Seidel, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Dana Shaffer, Wireline Competition Bureau
Wanda Sims, Chief Information Officer
Cheryl Tritt, Common Carrier Bureau
Julie A. Veach, Wireline Competition Bureau**
Kathleen Wallman, Common Carrier Bureau
Karen Watson, Director, Office of Public Affairs
Sheryl Wilkerson, Director Office of Legislative Affairs
Carolyn Fleming Williams, Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO)**
Alexandra “Sandy” Wilson, Cable Services Bureau

General Counsels

Michele Ellison, Acting General Counsel (Kennard)
Renee Licht, General Counsel (Hundt)
Jane Mago, General Counsel (Powell); Chief, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis

Chiefs of Staff

Catherine Bohigian, Chief of Staff (Martin); Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis
Kathy Brown, Chief of Staff (Kennard)
Marsha MacBride, Chief of Staff (Powell)

Chief Economists