Justin Cole to Serve as FCC Press Spokesperson

Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski announced that Neil Grace, who previously served as the Chairman’s Press Secretary, will take on a new role as Senior Communications Advisor to the FCC. In addition, Chairman Genachowski announced that Justin Cole will join the Office of the Chairman as Press Secretary.

Since joining the Commission, Grace has served as Press Secretary to the Chairman. In this role, he served as chief spokesperson for the Chairman, building and driving external media relations across the Chairman’s agenda and serving as resource across the agency. Before joining the FCC, Grace was Director of Issues and Crisis Practice for Burson-Marsteller, managing media relations on behalf of dozens of technology and telecommunications clients for the New York-based consulting firm. He led media campaigns for corporations, associations and government agencies on a number of issues ranging from intellectual property, international trade, automotive and energy and sustainability in the marketplace. Mr. Grace graduated from Georgetown University.

Cole most recently served as the lead Corporate Communications Manager for Tata Communications (America) Inc., where he was responsible for overseeing all corporate and external communications and media relations for the company related to its telecommunications and Enterprise IT business lines. Prior to joining Tata Communications (America) Inc., Mr. Cole served as a Deputy Editor for Fitch Ratings. In this role, he worked with Fitch Ratings’ global analyst staff and oversaw the management and publication of sovereign and institutional commentaries, reports and rating actions. Before joining Fitch Ratings, Mr. Cole was a business and economics correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in the news agency’s Washington, D.C. bureau. He also worked as a business and energy journalist for Dow Jones & Company. Mr. Cole is a graduate in Comparative American Studies from The University of Warwick, England.