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December 3, 2002 Susanna Zwerling at 202-418-2613

**FCC COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN ANNOUNCES STAFF APPOINTMENTS**

Washington -- Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein
today announced that Lisa M. Zaina will become his Senior Legal Advisor
and wireline competition advisor. Adelstein also announced the
appointment of three interim legal advisors: Eric Einhorn for wireline
competition, Barry Ohlson for spectrum and international and Sarah
Whitesell for media, and Kevin Venters as Staff Assistant. He said
Katherine Lapin is joining his permanent staff as Confidential
Assistant.

Adelstein said, "I'm delighted that Lisa Zaina will be joining my staff
as my Senior Legal Advisor. Her more than 15 years in the industry has
given her a unique understanding of the impact of the Federal
Communications Commission's actions on every American household."

He said, "I'm also pleased that Eric Einhorn, Barry Ohlson and Sarah
Whitesell have agreed to serve as interim legal advisors. All three are
extremely talented attorneys with a wealth of experience that will prove
invaluable in getting a running start at the Commission."

[LISA ZAINA]{.underline}

Zaina, Senior Legal Advisor, was most recently Vice President for
Industry and Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Shenandoah
Telecommunications Company ("Shentel") in Edinburg, VA. Prior to joining
Shentel, she served as Senior Vice President for Wallman Strategic
Consulting, LLC. She also served as Senior Counsel and Deputy Bureau
Chief for the Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau
(now the Wireline Competition Bureau).

For ten years prior to joining the Commission, Zaina was Vice President
and General Counsel of the Organization for the Promotion and
Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO). She began
her career as Deputy Assistant General Counsel for the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Zaina has also
served as an adjunct professor for the Georgetown University Law Center
and is a former outside director on the National Exchange Carrier
Association (NECA) Board of Directors.

Zaina received her J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law
and her B.A. in Psychology and Pre-medicine from the University of Notre
Dame.

[Eric Einhorn]{.underline}

Eric Einhorn, interim legal advisor for wireline competition, is
currently Acting Chief of the Telecommunications Access Policy Division
of the Wireline Competition Bureau, a position he has held since July of
this year. Prior to that position he was Deputy Division Chief of the
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, and an Attorney Advisor in
the Policy and Program Planning Division of the predecessor Common
Carrier Bureau.

Before joining the FCC in January 1999, Mr. Einhorn was an associate at
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP in Washington, D.C. and Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft in New York City. After graduation from law school,
Einhorn served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Roger G. Strand
of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Einhorn
received his J.D. *cum laude* from Boston College Law School and his
B.S. from Cornell University.

[Barry Ohlson]{.underline}

Barry Ohlson, interim legal advisor for spectrum and international, is
currently the Chief of the Policy Division of the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, a position he has held since May 2002. Prior
to that position, Ohlson had been a Legal Advisor to the Chief of the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau since July 2001.

Before joining the Commission, Ohlson was Senior Director of Federal
Regulatory Affairs at Winstar Communications, Inc. In that position, he
was responsible for spectrum and related matters. Prior to working at
Winstar, Ohlson was an Associate at McDermott,

Will & Emery and an Associate at Keller and Heckman both in Washington,
D.C. Ohlson received his J.D. from George Washington University and his
B.A. from the College of

William and Mary.

[SARAH WHITESELL]{.underline}

Sarah Whitesell, interim advisor for media issues, has been the
Associate Chief of the Media Bureau and its predecessor, the Cable
Services Bureau, since June 21, 2001. Prior to that position, she had
been legal advisor on common carrier issues for Commissioner Tristani.
Whitesell also served as an advisor in the Telecommunications Division
of the International Bureau and in the Policy Division of the Common
Carrier Bureau. She also was an attorney on the Telecommunications Task
Force of the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department.

Prior to her government service, Whitesell was an associate at Wilmer,
Cutler & Pickering. She has taught telecommunications law as an adjunct
professor at Georgetown University Law Center and legal writing as an
adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School. Whitesell
was a law clerk to the Honorable Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Third Circuit. She received her J.D. from the Yale Law School and
her B.A. from Davidson College.

[Katherine Lapin]{.underline}

Katherine Lapin will serve as Confidential Assistant to Commissioner
Adelstein. Lapin was the Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff in the
Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior
from November 1999-January 2001. Prior to that position she served as a
Confidential Assistant to Commissioner John E. Tull of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission from January 1994 through April of 1999.

Before joining the government, Lapin held a number of positions at
Winston & Strawn in Washington, DC. Lapin received her B.A. from Mount
Holyoke College.

[Kevin Venters]{.underline}

Kevin J. Venters will be the Staff Assistant to Commissioner Adelstein.
Venters is currently a Receptionist/Staff Assistant in the Office of the
Chairman, most recently working as Staff Assistant to the Chairman's
Senior Legal advisor. Prior to this position, Venters worked as an
assistant to the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Attorney General for
the Office of Justice Programs at the Justice Department from 1999-2001.

Before joining the Department of Justice, Venters worked as the
assistant to the Director of School Home Partnership and School-Based
Management at the Department of Defense. He is a graduate of Prince
George\'s County Community College.

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