NTIA Announces Members of Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo has appointed 30 outside experts to serve on the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC). This important advisory group provides policy and technical advice on a range of issues related to wireless technologies and the use of spectrum. The outside experts will serve two-year terms and include 17 reappointments and 13 members who are new to the committee. The committee reports to NTIA, the Executive Branch’s principal advisor to the President on spectrum and telecommunications policies. 

1. Reza Arefi, Emerging Spectrum Strategies and Engineering, Apple
2. Andy Bater, Chair, American Farm Bureau Federation’s National Technology Committee
3. Donna Bethea-Murphy, Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory, INMARSAT
4. Mary Brown, Consultant, Spectrum and Technology Policy, Salt Point Strategies
5. Hilary Cain, Vice President of Technology, Innovation and Mobility Policy, Alliance for Automotive Innovation
6. Michael Calabrese, Director, the New American Foundation’s Wireless Future Project
7. Stephen Devine, Chief Technology Officer, APCO International
8. Thomas Dombrowsky, Jr., Vice President, Government Affairs, Engineering and Technology Policy, T-Mobile USA
9. Michele Farquhar, Partner, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells
10. Mark Gibson, Senior Director, Business Development, CommScope
11. Kalpak Gude, Head of Domestic Regulatory Affairs, Amazon
12. Tim Harrington, Chairman, UWB Alliance
13. Carolyn Kahn, Chief Spectrum Economist, The MITRE Corporation -- Center for Acquisition and Management
14. Colleen King, Vice President, Government Affairs, Charter Communications Inc.
15. Jennifer McCarthy, Independent Consultant
16. Amit Mukhopadhyay, Principal Spectrum Standardization Leader, Nokia Bell Labs
17. Karl Nebbia, Senior Spectrum Regulatory Advisor, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
18. Aspasia Paroutsas, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Qualcomm Inc.
19. Louis Peraertz, Vice President of Policy, WISPA
20. Brian Regan, Quadra Partners, LLC
21. Dennis Roberson, Research Professor of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology
22. Andrew Roy, Director of Engineering Services, Aviation Spectrum Resources
23. Jesse Russell, Chairman and CEO, incNetworks
24. Sanyogita Shamsunder, Chief Operating Officer, NextNav Inc.
25. Jeff Stewart, Assistant Vice President, Global Public Policy, AT&T
26. Christopher Szymanski, Director of Product Marketing, Broadcom Inc.
27. Rikin Thakker, Chief Technology Officer, Wireless Infrastructure Association
28. Bryan Tramont, Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
29. Jennifer Warren, Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulations, Lockheed Martin Corp.
30. Robert Weller, Vice President for Spectrum Policy, National Association of Broadcasters