NEWS                                    September 5, 1996
   
                                    
   KAREN KORNBLUH NAMED ASSISTANT CHIEF 
   OF INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
                    
        Karen Kornbluh has been appointed Assistant Bureau Chief of the
   International Bureau.  
   
        Previously, Kornbluh served as Senior Policy Advisor in the FCC's Office of
   Plans and Policy where her responsibilities included oversight of major areas of
   application for the national information infrastructure, including educational
   technology and children's television policy initiatives. 
   
        Before joining the FCC, she was senior economic advisor to U.S. Senator
   John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Commerce Subcommittee and member
   of the Telecommunications Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee.  
   Previously, Kornbluh advised Fortune 500 companies on international marketing and
   manufacturing strategies as a management consultant, first at Telesis and then at
   William Kent International.  Prior to consulting, Kornbluh was an Economist at Alan
   Greenspan's economic forecasting firm, Townsend-Greenspan & Co., where she
   designed economic forecasting models and advised clients on economic growth
   projections.
   
        Kornbluh received a master's degree from Harvard University's John F.
   Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in Economics
   and English.   
   
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