Meeting of the Communications Equity and Diversity Council

Agenda

10:00 am: Welcome and Opening of Meeting

Radhika Karmarkar, Chief, Industry Analysis Division, Media Bureau

10:05 am: Welcome Remarks

Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Media Bureau Aurélie Mathieu, Attorney Advisor, CEDC, Wireline Competition Bureau Diana Coho, Consumer Affairs and Outreach Specialist, CEDC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau

10:10 am: CEDC Chair/Vice Chairs’ Opening 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

10:20 am: Call to Order of the February 23, 2023 CEDC Meeting/Roll Call of CEDC Members

Heather Gate, Chair, CEDC, Connected Nation Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, CEDC, Media Bureau

10:35 am: Innovation and Access Working Group Report

Robert Brooks, Digital Solutions Specialist WHUR-FM, Howard University Chair, Innovation and Access Working Group

C. Howie Hodges, II, Co-founder and Sr. Vice President of Government and External Affairs Centri Tech

Matthew Bauer, Vice President and Executive Director of Connected Communities Wireless Research Center Workstream 3 Lead (Digital Equity/Closing the Digital Skills Gap)

11:35 am Lunch Break

12:20 pm Diversity and Equity Working Group

Christopher Wood, Executive Director LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute Chair, Diversity and Equity Working Group

Antonio Tijerino, President and CEO, Hispanic Heritage Foundation; Rosa Mendoza, Founder, President & CEO, ALLvanza, Co-Leads Workstream 2 (Future of Work)

Aama Nahuja, Legal Counsel, A Wonder Media Company, LLC; Charlyn Stanberry, Vice President, Government Relations, National Association of Broadcasters; Melody Spann Cooper, Chair and CEO, Midway Broadcasting Corporation, Co-Leads Workstream 3 (Non-Traditional Anchor Institutions)

Ellen Schned, CEO, Strong Women Alliance; Graham “Skip” Dillard, Brand Manager, Audacy New York 94.7 WXBK-FM; and Melody Spann Cooper, Chair and CEO, Midway Broadcasting Corporation Workstream 4 Co-Leads (Diverse Media, Communications and Tech Ownership and Development)

1:05 pm Meeting Break

1:20 pm Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group Report

Dominique Harrison, Ph.D. Representing the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Chair, Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group

Dr. Christopher Ali, Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia; and Chris James, President and CEO, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Workstream 2 Co-Leads (Listening Sessions on Lessons Learned: Connecting Opportunity Communities to Broadband During the COVID-19 Pandemic)

Clayton Banks, CEO Silicon Harlem; Vickie Robinson, General Manager – Airband Initiative, Microsoft; and Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO, GLAAD Workstream 3 Co-Leads (Public Convening: Connecting Opportunity Communities to Broadband During the COVID-19 Pandemic)

2:10 pm Questions/Comments from the Public

2:20 pm Adjournment