FCC Seeks Nominees to Oversee $10 Billion Universal Service Fund

The Federal Communications Commission seeks nominations for the following positions on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) for a three-year term.

• Representative for schools that are eligible to receive discounts pursuant to section 54.501 of the Commission’s rules (position currently held by Dr. Miguel Hernandez, State Superintendent, Office of Coordinated Service and Support, Monticello, AR);
• Representative for information service providers (position currently held by Olivia Wein, Senior Attorney, National Consumer Law Center)  
• Representative for rural healthcare providers that are eligible to receive supported services pursuant to section 54.601 (position currently held by Brent Fontana, Technical Business Developer, Amazon Web Services)
• Representative for state telecommunications regulators (position currently held by Sarah Freeman, Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission)
• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (non-Bell Operating Companies) with more than $40 million in annual revenues (position currently held by Kenneth F. Mason, Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Frontier Communications)
• Representative for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of more than $3 billion (position currently held by Alan Buzacott, Executive Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon Communications, Inc.)

All nominations must be filed with the Office of the Secretary by October 8, 2018.