November 6, 1997
   
       RENEE LICHT GIVEN EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITIES
   
        The duties of Renee Licht, Deputy Chief, Mass Media Bureau, are being
   expanded.  In addition to her present responsibilities as lead adviser on policy issues in
   the Bureau, Licht will advise the Commission on strategic planning and organizational
   issues.
   
        "Renee has helped me immeasurably during the transition and I'm delighted that
   she has agreed to continue to advise me based on her long and varied experience at the
   Commission," Chairman William E. Kennard said.
   
        Licht has been Deputy Chief of the Mass Media Bureau since April 1994.  She
   has served in a wide variety of other posts at the Commission, including Acting General
   Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, as well as adviser to Chairman Hundt and Senior
   Legal Advisor to Commissioner Henry Rivera.
   
        Licht joined the FCC in 1979 after graduating magna cum laude  from
   Georgetown University Law Center, where she was an editor of the Georgetown Law
   Journal.  Licht has been active in the Federal Communications Bar Association, and has
   served as a member of its Executive Committee and as Secretary.  She presently serves
   as a trustee of the FCBA Foundation.
   
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