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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has named new and returning members of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration's Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. The committee advises the Administration on spectrum policy issues, with freeing up spectrum for 5G wireless one ...

Includes execs/officials from NAB, WISPA, Facebook, New America, Echostar

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has named new and returning members of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration's Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee.

The committee advises the Administration on spectrum policy issues, with freeing up spectrum for 5G wireless one of the most pressing issues.

The committee members, there are 30, will serve two-year terms. The committee will be headed by Jennifer Warren, VP of technology, policy and regulation for Lockheed Martin and Charla Rath, consultant and former Verizon executive.

They serve in a personal capacity rather than as representatives of any company or association.

“On behalf of Secretary Ross, we welcome new members to CSMAC and thank returning members for their continued service,” said NTIA Administrator David Redl. “This committee’s diverse expertise in spectrum policy will help guide our ongoing work to meet the spectrum needs of commercial and federal users.”

And the members are:

  • *Claude Aiken, President and CEO, Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
  • Audrey Allison, Senior Director, Frequency Management Services, Boeing
  • Mary Brown, Senior Director, Spectrum and Technology Policy, Cisco
  • Michael Calabrese, Director, The New American Foundation, Wireless Future Program
  • *Jeff Cohen, Chief Council and Director of Government Relations, APCO International
  • Mark Crosby, President and CEO, Enterprise Wireless Alliance
  • Thomas Dombrowsky, Jr., Senior Engineering Advisor, DLA Piper LLP
  • H. Mark Gibson, Senior Director, Business Development, Comsearch
  • Dale Hatfield, Senior Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
  • Carolyn Kahn, Principal Economics and Business Analyst/Group Leader, The MITRE Corporation -- Center for Acquisition and Management
  • Paul Kolodzy, Consultant, Kolodzy Consulting, LLC
  • Mark Lewellen, Manager of Spectrum Advocacy, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group
  • *Jennifer Manner, Senior VP, Regulatory Affairs, Echostar
  • Mark McHenry, Founder and President, Shared Spectrum Company
  • Donna Murphy, Senior VP, Global Regulatory, INMARSAT
  • *Wayne Phoel, Independent Consultant, Previous MIT/LL and DARPA
  • Carl Povelites, Assistant Vice President of Public Policy, AT&T
  • *Ruth Pritchard-Kelly, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, OneWeb
  • Mark Racek, Senior Director of Spectrum Policy, Ericsson
  • Charla Rath, Independent Consultant (Co-Chair)
  • Richard Reaser, Jr., Head, Spectrum Management Department Space and Airborne Systems Raytheon Company
  • Dennis Roberson, Research Professor of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Andrew Roy, Director of Engineering Services, Aviation Spectrum Resources
  • Kurt Schaubach, Chief Technology Officer, Federated Wireless
  • Steve Sharkey, Vice President, Government Affairs, Technology and Engineering Policy, T-Mobile US, Inc.
  • Mariam Sorond, Vice President Technology Development, Dish Network LLC
  • Bryan Tramont, Managing Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
  • Jennifer Warren, Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulations, Lockheed Martin Corporation (Co-Chair)
  • Christopher Weasler, Global Head of Spectrum Policy and Connectivity Planning, Facebook, Inc.
  • Robert Weller, VP for Spectrum, National Association of Broadcasters

* New member.


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