FCC Announces Working Group Members of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announces the appointment of members to serve on three working groups of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). 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. 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.

* 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

 

Working 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

 

 

Working 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