Usdan to Replace Gottheimer on FCC Public-Private Initiatives

Josh Gottheimer will step down as Senior Counselor to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski in July. Gottheimer is also the Director of Public-Private Initiatives (PPI). Jordan Usdan, currently Deputy Director of PPI, will assume the role of Acting Director of Public-Private Initiatives after Gottheimer’s departure.

Usdan currently helps coordinate the FCC’s public and private partnership efforts on broadband adoption, digital textbooks, cybersecurity, online safety, and wireless health technology. He joined the Commission in 2009 from Howrey LLP in Washington, D.C., where he practiced after receiving his law degree from Georgetown University. Previously at the Commission, Mr. Usdan served as an Advisor in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and as a Program Manager for the National Broadband Taskforce, where he focused on implementation, broadband adoption, international policies, and consumer transparency. He also led the development of the FCC’s fixed and mobile broadband speed tests and the Open Internet Apps Challenge.