FCC Names Universal Service Board Members

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski appoints the following persons to serve on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC):

• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) (other than Bell Operating Companies) with annual operating revenues in excess of $40 million: Kenneth F. Mason
• Representative for ILECs (other than Bell Operating Companies) with annual operating revenues less than $40 million: Geoffrey A. Feiss
• Interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of $3 billion or less : Rochelle D. Jones
• Representative for competitive local exchange carriers: Joseph Gillan
• Representatives for schools that are eligible to receive discounts pursuant to section 54.501 of the Commission’s rules: Daniel A. Domenech, Ph.D., Brian L. Talbott, Ph.D., and Julie Tritt Schell
• Representative for low income consumers: Ellis Jacobs
• Representatives for rural health care providers that are eligible to receive supported services pursuant to section 54.601 of the Commission’s rules: Eric Brown and Katharine Hsu Wibberly, Ph.D.
• Representative for state telecommunications regulators: Ronald A. Brisé
• Representatives from the telecommunications industry: Raquel R. Noriega and Olivia Wein
• The FCC also released an order waiving portions of its own rules on the composition of the USAC board.