FCC Chairman Wheeler Names Twelve Members to the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler appointed 12 members to the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company:

• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (Bell Operating Companies): Joel Lubin, Consultant, AT&T;
• Representative for libraries: Robert Bocher, Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction;
• Representative for state consumer advocates: Wayne Jortner, Attorney, State of New Hampshire, Office of Consumer Advocate;
• Representative for commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers: Matt Gerst, Director for Regulatory Affairs, CTIA – The Wireless Association;
• Representative for cable operators: Jose Jimenez, Executive Director, Cox Communications, Inc.;
• Representative for schools: Daniel A. Domenech, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators (AASA);
• Representative for schools: Brian L. Talbott, Ph.D., Executive Director Emeritus, Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA);
• Representative for low-income consumers: Ellis Jacobs, Senior Attorney, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.;
• Representative for competitive local exchange carriers: Joseph Gillan, Economic Consulting, Gillan Associates;
• Representative for rural health care providers that are eligible to receive supported services pursuant to section 54.601: Katharine Hsu Wibberly, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center.
• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (non-Bell Operating Companies) with $40 million or less in annual revenues: Geoffrey A. Feiss, General Manager, Montana Telecommunications Association; and
• Representative for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of $3 billion or less: Atilla Tinic, Vice President of IT, Level 3