FCC Adds Board Members

The Federal Communications Commission filled six vacancies on the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services: Mark K. Johnson, Commissioner, Regulatory Commission of Alaska; Rachelle Chong, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (and former FCC Commissioner); Betty Ann Kane, Commissioner, District of Columbia Public Service Commission; Krista Tanner, Commissioner, Iowa Utilities Board; Vendean V. Vafiades, Commissioner, Maine Public Utilities Commission; and Randy Mitchell, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of South Carolina FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate chairs this Joint Conference. The FCC also added members to the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations: Steve Kolbeck, Vice Chairman, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, and Anthony Palermino, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control.