Communications Equity and Diversity Council

10:00 am: Welcome and Opening of Meeting

• Rodney McDonald, Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC
• Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman Federal Communications Commission
• Sanford Williams, Deputy Chief of Staff for Chairwoman Rosenworcel Federal Communications Commission

10:12 am: Introduction of DFO & Deputy DFOs

• Rodney McDonald, Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC
• Diana Coho, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau,
• FCC Jaime McCoy, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC

10:20 am: Introduction of CEDC Chair/Vice Chairs & Opening Remarks

• Rodney McDonald, Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC
• Heather Gate, Chair, CEDC, Connected Nation
• Nicol Turner Lee, Ph.D., Vice Chair, CEDC, Brookings Institution
• Susan Au Allen, Vice Chair, CEDC, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation

10:35 am Call to Order of the March 27, 2024 CEDC Meeting

Heather Gate, Chair, CEDC, Connected Nation

• Roll Call of CEDC Members
• CEDC Member Introductions
• Introduction of Working Group Members

Meeting Break

12:15 pm: Overview of Records Requirements

Darice Gamble, Office of the Managing Director, FCC

Overview of Federal Advisory Committee Act Rules

Paula Silberthau, Office of General Counsel, FCC

Overview of the Federal Communications Commission’s Digital Discrimination Proceeding

Lisa Wilson Edwards, Associate Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC

CEDC Overview

Rodney McDonald, Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC

Questions/Comments from the Public

Closing Remarks

• Heather Gate, Chair, CEDC, Connected Nation
• Nicol Turner Lee, Ph.D., Vice Chair, CEDC, Brookings Institution
• Susan Au Allen, Vice Chair, CEDC, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation

1:30 pm: Adjournment

Heather Gate, Chair, CEDC, Connected Nation

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has designated Heather Gate, Executive Vice President of Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation, to continue to serve as Chair of the CEDC, and Nicol Turner Lee, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation – Governance Studies, Brookings Institution, and Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation, to continue to serve as Vice Chairs of the CEDC for the renewed charter.

The public may follow the meeting on the Commission’s YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/fccdotgovvideo.  Members of the public may submit questions during the meeting to livequestions@fcc.gov.  Members of the public also may submit written comments to the CEDC using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs.  Any comments should be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208.