PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 18-290 Released: March 23, 2018 FCC ANNOUNCES WORKING GROUP MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT GN Docket No. 17-208 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announces the appointment of members to serve on three working groups of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). 1 These working groups -- Broadcast Diversity and Development, Digital Empowerment and Inclusion, and Diversity in the Tech Sector -- will assist the ACDDE in carrying out its work. The current members of these working groups are identified in the Appendix to this Notice. As previously announced, Chairman Pai has designated Julia Johnson, President, NetCommunications, LLC, to serve as Chair of the ACDDE, and Diane Sutter, President/CEO, ShootingStar Broadcasting, to serve as Vice Chair. Since Chairman Pai first announced the members of the ACDDE, he has appointed Monica G. Parham, Director, Diversity, Inclusion and Talent Consulting, to serve as an additional member of the ACDDE. The ACDDE is organized under, and operates in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 2 ACDDE’s mission is to provide recommendations to the FCC on how to empower disadvantaged communities and accelerate the entry of small businesses, including those owned by women and minorities, into the media, digital news and information, and audio and video programming industries, including as owners, suppliers, and employees. In addition, the ACDDE will provide recommendations regarding how to ensure that disadvantaged communities are not denied the wide range of opportunities made possible by next-generation networks. 3 1 FCC Announces the Membership, First Meeting and Docket Number of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, GN 17-208, DA 17-857 (Sept. 8, 2017). 2 Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 3 ACDDE held its first meeting on September 25, 2017, at FCC Headquarters in Washington, DC. Comments to the ACDDE may be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208, in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. 2More information about the ACDDE is available at https://www.fcc.gov/advisory-committee- diversity-and-digital-enpowerment. You may also contact Jamila Bess Johnson, the Designated Federal Officer for the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, at (202) 418-2608, or Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov, or Brenda Villanueva, the Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 418-7005, or Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov. - FCC – 3APPENDIX WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT * indicates a member of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment Working Group 1: Broadcast Diversity and Development Chair: Henry Rivera, Senior Advisor* Emma Bowen Foundation Members: Sherman Kizart, Managing Director and Founder* Kizart Media Partners David Honig, Principal and CEO* JulGlo Productions Jannette L. Dates, Dean Emeritus* Howard University School of Communications Victor X. Cerda, Senior Vice President* V-me Media, Inc. James L. Winston, President* National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Alfredo Rodriguez, Vice President* DishLATINO (representing Dish Network) Ron Busby, Sr., President and CEO* US Black Chambers, Inc. Maria E. Brennan, President and CEO* Women in Cable Telecommunications Sara Lomax-Reese, President and CEO WURD Radio DuJuan McCoy, President and CEO Bayou City Broadcasting Steve C. Roberts, President and Principal The Roberts Companies Michelle Duke, Vice President National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation 4Working Group 2: Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Chair Heather Gate, Director of Digital Inclusion* Connected Nation Members Donna M. Epps, Vice President of Public Policy and Strategic Alliances* Verizon Chris Wood, Executive Director* LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation – Governance Studies* Brookings Institution Rudy Brioche, Vice President and Counsel, Global Public Policy* Comcast Corporation Janice Bryant Howroyd, Founder and CEO* Act-1 Group Marie R. Sylla-Dixon, Vice President, Federal Government and External Affairs* T-Mobile USA Fatema Kothari, Vice President* San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society Mario Lopez, President* Hispanic Leadership Fund S. Jenell Trigg, Representative Wireless Internet Service Providers Association Laura Berrocal, Senior Director, Policy and External Affairs Charter Communications Susan Au Allen, President/CEO U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Harin J. Contractor, Customer Success Manager Socrata Elizabeth Lindsey, Executive Director Byte Back Anna M. Gomez, Representative Hispanic National Bar Association 5Working Group 3: Diversity in Tech Chair: Marc H. Morial, President and CEO* National Urban League Members: Gavin H. Logan, Esq., Telecommunications Fellow (Alternate for Marc H. Morial) National Urban League Cindy (Xin) Shao, President* Asian American Chamber of Commerce Maurita Coley Flippin, Interim President and CEO* Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council Brian Scarpelli, Senior Policy Counsel* ACT/The App Association Brigitte Daniel, Executive Vice President* Wilco Electronic Systems, Inc. Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Special Counsel* Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Dr. Ronald Johnson, Chief Subject Matter Expert – Diversity and Inclusion* The Wireless Infrastructure Association Brooke Oberwetter, Manager, External Affairs Facebook Claudia Jones, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Media Relations AT&T Services, Inc. Faith Bautista, President and CEO National Asian American Coalition Craig James, President and CEO National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Raquel Tamez, Chief Executive Officer Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Monica G. Parham, Director* Diversity, Inclusion and Talent Consulting