Martin names Navin and Margie Co-Chairs of 2011 World Radiocommunication Conf Advisory Committee

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has appointed Thomas Navin and Paul Margie as Co-Chairs of the FCC's Advisory Committee for the 2011 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-11). This Committee will be tasked with providing advice, technical analyses, and specific recommendations on matters relating to the WRC-11. Thomas Navin is a partner in the Washington law firm of Wiley Rein LLP, where he focuses on legal and regulatory issues faced by communications companies. Previously, Mr. Navin was the Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau's Policy Division. Paul Margie is a partner with the law firm of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, where he focuses on telecommunications and technology law and policy. Previously, Mr. Margie was the Senior Director for Technology Partnerships at the United Nations Foundation. Mr. Margie has served in senior positions at the FCC and on Capitol Hill as Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps and Senior Commerce Counsel for Senator John D. Rockefeller IV.