FCC Seeks Nominations for Eight Board Member Positions on the Universal Service Administrative Company Board of Directors

The Federal Communications Commission seeks nominations for the Board member positions on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company listed below. Each position has a three-year term expiring on December 31, 2029, except where indicated otherwise.

• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (other than the Bell Operating Companies) with annual operating revenues of $40 million or less (position currently held by Kara Semmler, General Counsel and Executive Director, South Dakota Telecommunications Association)
• Representative for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of $3 billion or less (position currently held by Brian Dalhover, Vice President of SLED Engineering & Policy, Zayo Group, LLC)
• Representative for competitive local exchange carriers (position currently held by Sheba Chacko, Chief Regulatory Counsel, BT in the Americas)
• Representative for schools that are eligible to receive discounts pursuant to section 54.501 of the Commission’s rules (position currently held by Joan Wade, Executive Director, Association of Educational Service Agencies)
• Representative for rural health care providers that are eligible to receive supported services pursuant to section 54.601 of the Commission’s rules (position currently held by Katharine Hsu Wibberly, Director, University of Virginia Health System’s Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center)
• Representative for low-income consumers (position currently held by Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance)
• Representative for Tribal communities (position currently held by Mona Thompson, enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
• Representative for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of more than $3 billion (position currently vacant)