FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed members to serve on two Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) working groups. The Competitive Access to Broadband Infrastructure Working Group will be chaired by Ken Simon, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Crown Castle, and Removing State and Local Regulatory Barriers Working Group’s chairman is Robert DeBroux, Director, Public Policy and Federal Regulatory Affairs, TDS Telecom.
Ken Simon (left) and Robert DeBroux will chair the two FCC workings groups
The members of these working groups are listed below. The selection of members for the Streamlining Federal Siting working group is in progress, and final selections for this group will be announced at a later date.
The BDAC is organized under, and operates in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The BDAC’s mission is to provide advice and recommendations to the Commission on how to accelerate the deployment of high-speed Internet access. The BDAC held its first meeting on Friday, April 21, 2017.
MEMBERS OF THE COMPETITIVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND REMOVING STATE AND LOCAL REGULATORY BARRIERS WORKING GROUPS
* indicates a member of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
Competitive Access to Broadband Infrastructure Working Group
Chair:
Ken Simon, Senior Vice President and General Counsel*
Crown Castle
Vice-Chair:
Brent Skorup, Research Fellow, Technology Policy Program*
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
Members:
Allen Bell, DOT, Joint Use and Franchise Manager, Georgia Power Company*
Southern Company
Chris Bondurant, Assistant Vice President, Construction and Engineering Operations*
AT&T Mobile
Rosa Mendoza Davila, Executive Director
Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership
Aaron Deacon, Managing Director
KC Digital Drive
David Don, Vice President, Regulatory Policy*
Comcast
The Honorable Daniel Friesen, Mayor
City of Buhler, Kansas
Bruce Holdridge, General Manager
Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.
Kirk Jamieson, Senior Vice President of Government Relations
Mobilitie
Ross Lieberman, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
American Cable Association
Geoffrey Manne, Executive Director*
International Center for Law and Economics
Jim Matheson, Chief Executive Officer*
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Cindy McCarty, Senior Staff Attorney
East Kentucky Network LLC, d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
Milo Medin, Vice President, Access Services*
Google Fiber
Paul Mitchell, Senior Director, Technology Policy
Microsoft
Lyle Nyffeler, Vice President & General Manager Sprint Customer Team
Samsung Electronics America, Networks Division
Christine O’Connor, Executive Director
Alaska Telephone Association
The Honorable Karen Charles Peterson, Commissioner*
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Mike Saperstein, Vice President, Federal Regulatory
Frontier Communications
Grant Seiffert, Board Director
Connected Nation
Lee Seydel, Chief Technology Officer
FiberUtilities Group
Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation, Governance Studies
Brookings Institution
George Wyatt, Jr., President & Chief Executive, Palmetto Engineering and Consulting, LLC
Association of Communication Engineers
Christopher Yoo, Professor, University of Pennsylvania*
Removing State and Local Regulatory Barriers Working Group
Chair:
Robert DeBroux, Director, Public Policy and Federal Regulatory Affairs*
TDS Telecom
Vice-Chair:
Kim Keenan, President and Chief Executive Officer*
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council
Members:
Christianna Barnhart, Vice President, Government Affairs
Charter
Elizabeth Bowles, President and Chairman of the Board*
Aristotle
Randy Brogle, Vice President, Dark Fiber
Zayo
Kyle Burgess, Executive Director
Consumers’ Research
Rick Cimerman, Vice President, External and State Affairs
NCTA—The Internet and Television Association
Bill Esbeck, Executive Director
Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association
Valerie Fast Horse, Information Technology Director*
Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Dr. George Ford, Chief Economist
The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies
Marc Ganzi, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Bridge Holdings LLC*
ExteNet Systems
Carlos Gutierrez, Deputy Director, Legal and Policy Affairs*
LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute
Michael Hain, General Manager and Chief Technology Officer*
Nittany Media
Marc Hudson, Chief Executive Officer*
Rocket Fiber
Mark Johnson, Chief Technology Strategist, MCNC
The Quilt
Virginia Lam Abrams, Senior Vice President of Communications & Government Relations
Starry
The Honorable Sam Liccardo, Mayor*
City of San Jose, California
Danna MacKenzie, Executive Director
Minnesota Office of Broadband Development
Rebecca Murphy Thompson, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Competitive Carriers Association
Kevin Pagan, City Attorney
City of McAllen, Texas
Mark Radabaugh, Member, Board of Directors
Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
Michael Santorelli, Director, Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute, New York Law School
Dr. John Saw, Chief Technology Officer*
Sprint
Berin Szoka, President
TechFreedom
Sanjay Udani, Vice President, Technology Policy
Verizon