Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai were sworn in as FCC...
Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai were sworn in as FCC commissioners Monday morning, an agency spokeswoman said. Matthew Berry, who served in the Office of General Counsel with Pai when Kevin Martin was FCC chairman, is chief of staff to…
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the new commissioner. He had recently worked at Patton & Boggs, where Martin has worked. Gene Fullano is working as a legal adviser in Pai’s office, and has recently worked in the Public Safety Bureau as associate chief. Courtney Reinhard is leaving the House Budget Committee where she was a budget analyst and counsel to Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to be Pai’s adviser on wireless, international and public safety issues. Reinhard was previously telecom counsel for the House Commerce Committee and advised Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., ex-Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. Pai said he aims to “promote competition and innovation in the communications marketplace that will work for the benefit of all consumers.” Rosenworcel said she will work to ensure that “everyone across this country has access to the best, most reliable communications in the world.” Lori Alexiou is Pai’s confidential assistant. A Republican from Kansas, Pai was an aide to Brownback, has worked as a lawyer at the FCC and replaces former commissioner Meredith Baker for a term ending July 1, 2016. Rosenworcel, a Democrat from Connecticut, was an aide to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and replaces former commissioner Michael Copps, in a term that ends July 1, 2015. The Senate approved their nominations last week (CD May 8 p1).