Chairman Pai Names Six Members to the USAC Board

Chairman Ajit Pai appointed six members to the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC):

1. Representative for schools that are eligible for discounts: Julie Tritt Schell, State E-rate Coordinator, Pennsylvania Department of Education;
2. Representative for information service providers: Olivia Wein, Senior Attorney, National Consumer Law Center;
3. Representative for rural healthcare providers that are eligible to receive supported services: Brent Fontana, Technical Business Developer, Amazon Web Services;
4. Representative for state telecommunications regulators: Sarah Freeman, Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission;
5. Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers (non-Bell Operating Companies) with more than $40 million in annual revenues: Kenneth F. Mason, Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Frontier Communications; and
6. Representative for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenues of more than $3 billion: Alan Buzacott, Executive Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon Communications, Inc.