FCC Seeks Nominations for Six Board Member Positions on the Universal Service Administrative Company Board of Directors

The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) seeks nominations for the following Board member positions on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) listed below for a three-year term:

• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (non-Bell Operating Companies) with $40 million or less in annual revenues (position currently held by Geoffrey A. Feiss, General Manager, Montana Telecommunications Association);
• Representative for competitive local exchange carriers (position currently held by Joseph Gillan, Consultant, Gillan Associates);
• Representative for low-income consumers (position currently held by Ellis Jacobs, Senior Attorney, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.);
• Representative for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of $3 billion or less (position currently held by Michael Skrivan, former Vice President, Regulatory, Consolidated Communications);
• Representative for schools that are eligible to receive discounts pursuant to section 54.501 of the Commission’s rules (position currently held by Joan H. Wade, Ed.D., Executive Director, Association of Educational Service Agencies);
• Representative for rural health care providers that are eligible to receive supported services pursuant to section 54.601(position currently held by Katharine Hsu Wibberly, Ph.D., Director, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center).

All nominations must be filed with the Office of the Secretary by October 24, 2023.