FCC Announces Membership and Working Group Chairs for the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment

This Public Notice announces that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed members to serve on the 2019 Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). Additionally, Chairman Pai has appointed chairs for the three working groups for the ACDDE. Together with Anna M. Gomez, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, representing the Hispanic National Bar Association, and Heather Gate, Director of Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation, whom Chairman Pai previously designated to serve as Chair and Vice Chair of the ACDDE, respectively, the working group chairs will help organize and lead the work of the Committee. The working group chairs are:

• Caroline Beasley, CEO, Beasley Media Group, LLC, will chair the Access to Capital Working Group. 
• Rudy Brioché, Vice President and Counsel, Global Public Policy, Comcast Communications, will chair the Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group.
• Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation – Governance Studies Program, Brookings Institution, will chair the Diversity in the Tech Sector Working Group.

The ACDDE will meet on Wednesday, Oct 30, 2019.