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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT: 
 January  25,  2001  David  Fiske  at  (202)  418-  0513 


 CHAIRMAN  POWELL  NAMES  MARSHA  MACBRIDE  AS  FCC  CHIEF  OF  STAFF;  ALSO  ANNOUNCES  TRANSITION  AND  PERSONAL  STAFF 
 Washington,  DC  --  Michael  K.  Powell,  Chairman  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission, 
 today  announced  that  he  will  appoint  Marsha  J.  MacBride  as  the  agency's  Chief  of  Staff. 
 He  also  announced  a  core  FCC  transition  team  and  his  personal  staff. 


 Ms.  MacBride  will  return  to  the  Commission  after  having  recently  served  as  a  Vice  President  in 
 the  Washington,  D.  C.,  office  of  The  Walt  Disney  Company.  Nearly  a  ten-  year  FCC  veteran,  Ms. 
 MacBride  previously  held  the  positions  of  Legal  Advisor  to  then-  Commissioner  Powell  for  mass 
 media  and  cable  television  matters  and  Executive  Director  of  the  FCC's  Task  Force  on  Year 
 2000  Conversion. 


 "I  am  incredibly  pleased  that  Marsha  has  agreed  to  come  back  to  public  service  at  the 
 Commission,"  Chairman  Powell  remarked.  "Her  prior  experience  with  me  as  a  Legal  Advisor 
 and,  most  importantly,  as  Executive  Director  of  the  FCC's  Year  2000  Task  Force,  showed  what  a 
 valuable  asset  Marsha  is  to  this  agency.  As  Chief  of  Staff,  she  will  be  exercising  her  wonderful 
 management  and  people  skills  that  were  so  instrumental  in  our  successful  Y2K  effort." 


 Ms.  MacBride  joined  the  Commission  in  1991  as  an  attorney  in  the  Political  Programming 
 Branch  of  the  Mass  Media  Bureau's  Enforcement  Division,  and  has  subsequently  served  as  an 
 Acting  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Cable  Services  Bureau,  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  the  Chief,  Mass 
 Media  Bureau,  and  Associate  Chief  in  the  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology.  From 
 December  1996  to  November  1997,  Ms.  MacBride  was  Legal  Advisor  to  Commissioner  James 
 H.  Quello. 


 Ms.  MacBride  is  a  1981  graduate  of  Douglass  College,  Rutgers  University,  where  she  received, 
 with  magna  cum  laude  distinction,  a  B.  A.  degree.  In  1985,  she  earned  her  law  degree  from  the 
 George  Washington  University  School  of  Law  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


 In  order  to  facilitate  a  smooth  transition,  Chairman  Powell  also  has  designated  a  core  transition 
 team  of  FCC  officials  that  will  be  responsible,  in  the  interim,  for  the  agency's  legal,  media 
 relations  and  legislative  and  inter-  governmental  functions.  The  transition  team  will  coordinate 
 its  collective  activities  and  efforts  with  the  new  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  Chairman's  personal  staff. 


 Jane  E.  Mago,  a  Deputy  Bureau  Chief  of  the  FCC's  Enforcement  Bureau,  will  be  principally 
 responsible  for  the  interim  management  of  the  agency's  legal  functions,  overseeing  the  Office  of 
 General  Counsel. 
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 David  H.  Fiske,  a  Deputy  Director  of  the  FCC's  Office  of  Media  Relations,  will  be  principally 
 responsible  for  the  interim  management  of  the  agency's  media  relations  functions,  overseeing  the 
 Office  of  Media  Relations. 


 Paul  A.  Jackson,  Special  Assistant  to  the  Chairman,  will  be  principally  responsible  for  the 
 interim  management  of  the  agency's  legislative  and  inter-  governmental  functions,  overseeing  the 
 FCC's  Office  of  Legislative  and  Inter-  governmental  Affairs. 


 The  Chairman  also  announced  that  his  current  personal  staff,  including  Mr.  Jackson,  will  move 
 to  the  Chairman's  Office. 


 Peter  A.  Tenhula  will  serve  as  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  the  Chairman,  and  is  responsible  for 
 wireless  and  international  issues. 


 Kyle  D.  Dixon  and  Susan  M.  Eid  will  also  continue  to  serve  Chairman  Powell  as  Legal  Advisors. 
 Mr.  Dixon  is  principally  responsible  for  common  carrier  issues  as  well  as  selected  broadband  and 
 advanced  telecommunications  issues.  Ms.  Eid  is  principally  responsible  for  mass  media  and 
 cable  television  issues. 


 Antonia  ("  Toni")  McGowan  will  continue  as  the  Chairman's  Confidential  Assistant  and  Dorothy 
 Clingman  will  move  to  the  Chairman's  office  as  Senior  Staff  Assistant. 


 Biographies  of  these  personal  staff  members  are  available  on  Chairman  Powell's  Internet  site  via 
 the  World  Wide  Web  at  <http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  commissioners/  powell>. 


 Additional  staff  personnel  appointed  to  the  Chairman's  Office  include:  Thomasine  ("  Tommi") 
 Greely,  Administrative  Officer;  Betty  Freeman,  Special  Assistant  to  the  Senior  Legal  Advisor; 
 and  Kim  Anderson-  Collins,  Staff  Assistant. 


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