FCC Announces Equity Council Members and Working Group Chairs

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has appointed members to serve on the Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC). Additionally, Rosenworcel has appointed chairs for the three working groups of the CEDC. Robert Brooks, Digital Solution Specialist, WHUR-FM, Howard University, will chair the Innovation and Access Working Group. Dominique Harrison, Ph.D., Director, Technology Policy, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, will chair the Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group. Christopher Wood, Executive Director, LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute, will chair the Diversity and Equity Working Group. The working group chairs will help organize and lead the work of the Council together with previously designated CEDC Chair Heather Gate, Vice President of Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation, and CEDC Vice Chairs Nicol Turner Lee, Ph.D., Brookings Institution and Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation. The CEDC will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST. The primary agenda of the CEDC’s first meeting will be to introduce the members of the Council, set out initial assignments, and begin the selection process for working group membership.  The CEDC will also review the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment’s reports and recommendations for its charter which ended July 5, 2021. The full list of CEDC membership and the November 3 meeting agenda are listed here.