February 22, 1994



DONALD H. GIPS NAMED DEPUTY CHIEF,OFFICE OF PLANS AND POLICY
      
     

     Donald H. Gips has been named Deputy Chief of the Office of
Plans and Policy.  His responsibilities will include oversight of
the spectrum auction planning and education and other
telecommunications issues.

     Gips previously served as Engagement Manager at McKinsey &
Company, where he helped a variety of large, private sector
companies to design and implement strategies for major
organizational change.  Don has also worked for a variety of
government and community organizations.  He served as Executive
Assistant to the Director of the 92nd Street Y, New York's
largest community-based non-profit organization; Senior Policy
Analyst for the Mayor of New York City's Transportation Office;
Operations Manager for the 1984 Bill Bradley Senate campaign; and
as a Rockefeller Fellow.

     Gips graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and
received a Masters degree in Public and Private Management from
the Yale School of Organization and Management.  He was also
selected for the CORO Foundation Public Affairs Fellow Program.

     "Don's management and organization experience will add
tremendous value to our implementation of the spectrum auction
process in the short term and to our long range planning in a
host of areas," said Chairman Reed Hundt.  "His background
working with private sector and government agencies will
contribute a great deal to our efforts."

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