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The FCBA Foundation is pleased to announce it has selected The Foundation also thanks the following volunteers for their time 29 students from Washington, DC public high schools for and talent, serving as liaisons to participating public high schools, merit and need-based awards and college scholarships to be reviewing college and law school scholarship applications, and distributed over four years of matriculation. Also, we will interviewing high school students: Christopher Bair, Roxanna award scholarships to six law school students and stipends to Barboza, Ahuva Battams, Karina Bohorquez, Adam Copeland, 12 law school students who have accepted unpaid public service Elizabeth Cuttner, Justin Faulb, Amy Fliam, Chris Frascella, internships in communications-related agencies for the summer. Anna Gomez, Kara Graves, Nese Guendelsberger, Russ Hanser, None of these awards would be possible without the generous Kathy Harvey, John Heflin, Dan Henry, Kevin Holmes, Joycelyn support of the FCBA’s members and the organizations in which James, Ethan Jeans, Jamile Kadre, Warren Kessler, Kathleen they work. We thank you for your generosity! Kirby, Christopher Koves, Adam Krinsky, Patrick McFadden, Kasey McGee, Aimee Meacham, Joel Miller, Lynne Montgomery, 2021 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Courtney Neville, Kimia Nikseresht, Nick Page, James Park, Jeremy Pederson, Patricia Peña, Adam Peters, Lee Petro, Jason Under the leadership of the Foundation’s college scholarship Rademacher, Ronnie Raju, Tamber Ray, Sekoia Rogers, Kevin committee, Delara Derakhshani, Anisa Latif Green, Erin Rupy, Adam Sandler, Michelle Schaefer, Savannah Schaefer, Griffith, Patrick Halley, and Mike Saperstein, the Foundation Morgan Schick, Randy Sifers, Anjali Singh, Karen Sprung, Laura reviewed applications from high school students of diverse Stefani, Megan Anne Stull, Danielle Thumann, Hannah Wigger, backgrounds with an interest in communications-related fields, Romanda Williams, Rachel Wolkowitz, and Richard Young. including media, journalism, technology, engineering, or law. Forty-five high school student applicants were interviewed and THANKS TO DONORS 29 of these were chosen to receive FCBA Foundation scholarship assistance funded over four years. Our scholarship recipients Thanks to the continuing generosity of our individual members, this year came from 16 local public high schools: BASIS DC, law firms, companies, and associations, the FCBA Foundation’s Benjamin Banneker, Columbia Heights Educational Campus (Bell fundraising efforts continue to reach amazing levels each year. Multicultural), Calvin Coolidge, Cardozo Education Campus, Thanks to the contributions of many, we’ve awarded almost Duke Ellington, Dunbar, Eastern, E.L. Haynes, McKinley $373,000! Technology, Paul Public Charter School, Roosevelt, School Without Walls, Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS, Washington The current list of donors is at the end of this handout and the Latin PCS, and Woodrow Wilson. All 45 of the applicants who final list for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 will be included attended interviews will be provided new laptop computers. in the Foundation’s annual report, in the FCBA newsletter, and on the FCBA Foundation website. To donate, please visit the The Foundation thanks Comcast NBCUniversal for sponsoring Foundation’s web page: http://www.fcba.org/foundation. the production of the video. Your generous donations of time and talent enable the 2021 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Foundation to do more in our community, and to nurture aspiring communications professionals. Thank you! The Foundation’s law school scholarship committee, Anisa Latif Green, Tom Power, Joy Ragsdale, and Roger Sherman, led SPECIAL THANKS FROM MEGAN BROWN AND the efforts to review applications from current students at law EDWARD “SMITTY” SMITH schools across the country who demonstrated merit and need, 2020-2021 CO-CHAIRS, FCBA FOUNDATION as well as an interest in communications law and technology BOARD OF TRUSTEES and public service. We received applications from students at schools across the country and awarded six $5,000 scholarships. What a year this has been! We extend our heartfelt appreciation to so many people this year for making sure the Foundation could 2021 PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP STIPEND continue its vital mission. First, we thank FCBA the membership PROGRAM and corporate donors whose generosity sustained the Foundation and made possible the awards to deserving students. Next, we Under the leadership of the Foundation’s internship committee, are extremely grateful to the FCBA’s remarkable team – Kerry Megan Brown, Erin Griffith, Maureen Ohlhausen, Edward “Smitty” Loughney, Janeen Wynn, Wendy Parish, and Elizabeth Hagerty. Smith, and Meagan Sunn, the Foundation reviewed applications The Foundation simply could not run without their support from students at law schools across the country. The Foundation and hard work. This year has been a remarkable one and we awarded stipends ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 to 12 students are so grateful for their attention to detail and commitment to who have accepted public service positions for the summer. the mission. They go above and beyond to keep things moving. This year we got a new logo (thanks FCBA!) and secured a new Congratulations to all of our scholarship and stipend recipients! Twitter handle, @FCBAFoundation. (thanks Kerry!) FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS Both of us owe immense gratitude to this year’s Board of 2021 College Scholarship Trustees for their commitment to promoting the programs of the Foundation. Without exception, each was dedicated to our Recipient Bios fundraising, ongoing improvement of our online applications, evaluating and making our outreach to potential applicants RAKYIA ADDO more expansive, and serving as stewards of the funds entrusted FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) to us. The Foundation has an ambitious agenda each year, and Rakyia Addo will be graduating from we could not accomplish our goals without an engaged and Dunbar High School and attending devoted Board comprised of individuals willing to offer up their Kent State University with a major in time and talents, over and above the demands of their day jobs Chemistry. Rakyia will be graduating and other personal commitments. top 3 in her class. She is also a member of the National Society of High School Each Trustee is elected by you, the members, for 3 years. We Scholars and a student athlete who meet monthly and each takes on committee and other work. competes in track and field. She plans Several Trustees are “graduating”: Patrick Halley, Tom Power, on continuing her sport in college and Joy Ragsdale, and Megan Brown. Of the graduating Trustees, is very excited to compete at the next Tom Power deserves a shout out for his work to manage the level. She’s always been obsessed with application portal contract, and Joy Ragsdale was a champion of criminal investigations which pushed this year’s golf event. We provide a particular note of gratitude her interest in becoming a forensic scientist in the future. for Patrick Halley whose work on the budget and financial reporting was invaluable. QUADRI AHMED FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) We thank each Trustee for their leadership and dedication during Quadri Ahmed is graduating from their years on the Board. Fortunately, the Foundation remains Benjamin Banneker Academic High in excellent hands with returning Trustees Delara Derakhshani, School, where he was a member of Maureen Ohlhausen, Roger Sherman, Edward “Smitty” Smith, the National Honors Society and an Anisa Latif Green, Erin Griffith, Mike Saperstein, Meagan Sunn AP Scholar. After participating in an and we’ll be pleased to welcome our newly elected members Actions Civic Classroom in the second from among an exceptional set of candidates. Thanks to all the half of his freshman year, Quadri became FCBA members who ran for election to the Board; we sincerely interested with the idea of youth led hope that you remain dedicated to the mission. civil discourse, leading him to become a representative for Mikva Challenge Thanks, too, to former FCBA President Joshua Turner, whose DC. Between his commitment to Mikva ex-officio duties were invaluable to the Foundation. This year’s and tutoring 4th graders at Barnard FCBA President Natalie Roisman prioritized collaboration Elementary School, Quadri has completed over 280 hours of between the Foundation and the FCBA and we are grateful for community service. During his time in high school, one of her thoughtfulness. Quadri’s favorite things to do was write for his school newspaper. He’ll be attending Tulane University next fall, where he plans Again, thanks to you all, the FCBA members for your continued on being a news editor for the Tulane Hullabaloo. support of the Foundation. Remember, as a member of the FCBA, you are also a member of the FCBA Foundation. As ALEXIS BEATTY Co-Chairs, we’ve had a unique perspective on how many FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) volunteers it takes to help the Foundation reach its ambitious goals. It is very special to see how many FCBA members are Alexis Beatty is a graduating senior willing to take time out to review scholarship applications or at Paul International High School to interview applicants, as well as how many are willing to and will be attending North Carolina help persuade an employer to support a named scholarship or Agricultural and Technical State to make generous monetary contributions themselves. This University this fall, where she will year has served to underscore not only what a very special bar study architectural engineering. As a we have, but also how, together, we will ensure that the FCBA DC native, Alexis has experienced the continues to positively impact on our community. effects of gentrification and poverty in low-income neighborhoods. It is an honor to introduce this year’s scholarship and internship These experiences, along with her stipend awardees: participation in her school’s STEM Club and other STEM-related projects, FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS have cultivated her passion for giving back to her community CHIOMA CHUKWURAH through social justice-minded engineering. She plans to use CTIA Scholarship ($10,000) her degree and engineering knowledge to develop housing Chioma Chukwurah is a graduating and facilities for low-come residents, especially in Washington, senior from Benjamin Banneker DC. Alexis’s position as the president of her school’s STEM Academic High School. She is the club, her leadership on various sports teams, and her frequent valedictorian of her graduating class participation in food drives and other community service events and will be attending Brown University around DC have developed her leadership and passion for in the fall of 2021. During her high helping others. school years at Banneker, she was very active in her school community. She was KIARRA BELLAMY a member of the Student Government NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Scholarship Association, National Honor Society, ($10,000) Mu Alpha Theta Society, and more. She Kiarra Bellamy is graduating from was the Vice President of the French Woodrow Wilson High School and will Honor Society and co-president of the African Student Union be attending the University of Florida. club. She also enjoyed participating in sports, such as volleyball. She has a great interest in science and She was selected as a winner for the National African American will be majoring in Biochemistry on Recognition Program in 2020. Her creativity and passion for the pre-med track, with the goal of visual arts inspired her to pursue a career in Architecture and/ becoming a neonatologist. Throughout or Civil Engineering. her educational career, Kiarra has taken 11 dual enrollment and AP classes, and KASTENNY CONTRERAS has maintained a 4.0+ GPA. Clubs and Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Scholarship ($10,750) activities that Kiarra has participated Kastenny Contreras-Carias is a in include National Honor Society, graduating artist from Duke Ellington SciMaTech Academy, Remote Tutoring, and volunteering at School of the Arts and is majoring in her local elementary school. Literary Media & Communications. Throughout her time at Duke, she ALICIA CAMPBELL explored various forms of writing such T-Mobile US, Inc. Scholarship ($15,000) as poetry, screenplays, and narratives. Alicia Campbell is graduating from Aside from her love of writing, Kastenny Washington Latin PCS and will be has always excelled in science, and she attending Harvard University, where would be the second in her family to she intends to major in Government attend college, following after her older and Modern Middle East Studies, and sister. She plans to attend Loyola New minor in Arabic. At Washington Latin, Orleans this upcoming fall hoping to obtain a degree in Forensic Alicia is the president and founder of Chemistry. the Humanitarian Mapping Club, where she leads students in collecting data MOST ERA for humanitarian groups by virtually FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) mapping uncharted areas affected by Most Era is graduating from Cardozo disaster. Throughout high school, she Education Campus and will be has dedicated herself to studying Arabic and exploring the attending George Washington politics, religion, and media of the Arab world. Alicia received University majoring in Biology. She has a scholarship from the U.S. State Department to study Arabic served as a treasurer for the National in Jordan, and participated in a language immersion program at Honor Society. Most also led a protest Middlebury College. She is also independently researching the from her high school to the Supreme economic and cultural effects of the dominance of anglophone Court supporting DACA (Deferred computer programming languages in the Arab World. Alicia has Action for Childhood Arrivals). She has aspirations of joining the Foreign Service, where she’ll use her participated in numerous internships knowledge of Arabic and international politics. including one with Capital Caring and another at The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Most was also a panelist for Inspiring Voices. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

MACKENZIE EVANS JOSUE FUENTES Cox Enterprises Scholarship ($10,000) FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) Mackenzie Evans is graduating from Josue Fuentes is a graduating senior Woodrow Wilson High School and will from Bell Multicultural High School attend the University of Pittsburgh in (CHEC) where he has taken AP classes the fall. During her time in high school, to challenge himself and improve his Mackenzie enjoyed trying new things. cognitive skills. He is also bilingual She ran track and played lacrosse, acted with Spanish as his first language and in a student-written play, and took part English as his second. Josue will be in clubs such as Sex and Society and attending Marymount University with Astrology Club. However, Mackenzie’s a major in Business Administration. He favorite extracurricular in high school is originally from Honduras and moved was her participation in the Humanities, to the United States in 2016, and one of Art, and Mass Media Academy where his future goals is to create a foundation she focused on mass media. Her time in her mass media classes that benefits communities in need such as low-income families, helped grow her love for film and gave her the skills to start her immigrants students, minorities, etc. During his time at Bell, own YouTube channel. Mackenzie is also a huge advocate for he’s been actively involved in community service clubs, and healthcare equality, and she hopes to use her YouTube channel extracurricular programs, such as Interact Club, LULAC (League and the knowledge she will gain in college to make healthcare of United Latin American Citizens), and Green Team). He has accessible for more people. In her free time, Mackenzie enjoys more than 150 community service hours at local organizations. playing electric guitar, listening to podcasts, and teaching tennis Josue has worked hard to pursue his goals and give back to his to kids in her neighborhood. community due to the lack of opportunities he has seen in his native country. ZANNAT FARIA Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® Scholarship JOSEPH JACKSON ($10,000) FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) Zannat Faria is graduating from Joseph Jackson is a graduating senior Theodore Roosevelt High School and from Eastern High School located in will attend Georgetown University’s Washington, DC. He is involved in Walsh School of Foreign Service, where baseball, which has been his passion she plans to study international politics and an essential part of his high school on a pre-law track. Born in Bangladesh, experience. During his time in high she came to the United States at just school, in addition to juggling sports three years old. At Roosevelt, Zannat and a rigorous academic curriculum, served as a representative for the he received more than 130 hours of Chancellor’s Student Advisory Board community service working in local Committee, the President of Art Club, food banks distributing food to the and an exchange student to Madrid, community. Joseph received EMT Spain. Outside of school, Zannat has participated in programs training twice a week through his school’s partnership with such as: Minds Matter DC, Summer @ Brown University, and Medstar and prior to graduation he will complete the National the Harvard Pre-College. She also interns with the American Academy Foundation (NAF) program and receive a certification Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research analyzing food as an EMT technician. He has been awarded a summer internship insufficiency and poverty trends. with the local Fire Department to receive on-the-job training and possibly become a cadet. In the fall, he will be attending Mount Saint Mary College and majoring in Criminal Justice and Public Safety. He plans to continue playing baseball in college with the option of playing professionally with the MLB someday. Joseph is a dedicated and hardworking student athlete and he’s looking forward to playing baseball in college and furthering his education. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

CHASE JONES ABEL LETTA Fox Corporation Scholarship ($20,000) FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) Chase Jones is graduating from School Abel Letta is graduating from Calvin Without Walls High School. Since her Coolidge High School. He participated junior year, she has been dually enrolled in the Summer Intern - Rodham at George Washington University. She Institute - George Washington School is a member of her school’s National of Medicine and Health Sciences. He Honor Society, a varsity member of also participated in the Summer Intern the crew team, a lead mentor for the - Food Drug Administration (FDA)/ Higher Achievement Program, co- Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE), president of her school’s debate team, and two different programs at ROTC and the founder of her own non-profit, and Academy of Health Sciences Teacher’s Little Helpers. She will pursue (NAF). In addition to his academic her interest in computer science at Penn achievements, he also received a promotion certificate and State University. rank from National Sojourners for recognition of the highest of Americanism and support of the United States as a member SYDNEY KEATING of the reserve officers training corps. Abel has successfully AT&T Scholarship ($15,000) completed more than 700 community service hours. Abel will Sydney Keating is graduating from pursue his interest in Biology at Suny Oswego. Woodrow Wilson High School and will be attending Amherst College in the MACKENZIE LEWIS fall. Working as DC’s Youth Prevention Google Scholarship ($10,000) Leadership Corps’ Chapter Leader for Mackenzie Lewis is graduating from Wards 3-4, Sydney has amassed over 200 Woodrow Wilson High School. She’s hours of community service. Sydney been heavily involved in both social is also the President of the Computer justice and artistic extracurricular Science Honor Society, President of the activities. Her dedication to service Programming Club, Co-President of through multiple choirs, Black Student the Pan-African Horizons Club, and Union, National Honor Society, tutors students interested in Computer Internships at the United States Science. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Museum of African-American J’KAILA KELLMAN HARPER History and Culture, have peaked her FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) interest in advocating for equity within the entertainment J’Kaila Kellman Harper is graduating industry. This fall she will be attending Spelman College with from Thurgood Marshall Academy a major in Political Science on the pre-law track as she aspires and will be attending Bowie State to become an entertainment lawyer. University. She participated in many speak truth seminars with students JONATHAN LOPEZ RAMIREZ all over DC, gaining more than 100 FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) hours of community service. These Jonathan Lopez Ramirez is graduating seminars motivated her to use her voice from E.L Haynes Public Charter School. as a form of advocacy for issues she is During the summer of 2020, he took most passionate about. Maintaining part in the Mayor Marion S. Barry’s honors courses and AP courses since SYEP to work as a study group leader her freshman year, she will go on to for his AP Language and Composition proceeding to be a first-generation college student. teacher. He’s shown exemplary work that rewarded him High Honor Roll and Principal’s List (3.8+ GPA) throughout his academic career. He previously took part in the Escalera program at Mary Center, along with other services that expanded his work efforts towards the community. He will be attending St. Mary’s College of Maryland this fall and will be majoring in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

NISHI MEHTA XAVIER PHILLIPS DLA Piper LLP Scholarship ($10,000) FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) Nishi Mehta is graduating from School Xavier Phillips is graduating from Without Walls High School. During her McKinley Technology High School with junior and senior years of high school, honors from the National Academy she participated in a dual enrollment Foundation Engineering Academy. program with the George Washington Xavier has been active in numerous University and has received an Associate extracurricular activities including the of the Arts Degree. Nishi is a member National Honor Society, Architecture, of the National Honor Society, the Construction, and Engineering Mentor president of Courts for Kids, and was Program, FIRST Robotics Competition the captain of the Field Hockey team. Team, Art Club, Future Business She is also a violinist for the DC Youth Leaders of America, LifeSmarts, and Orchestra Program, played lacrosse, the Jazz Band. He has also been active participated in debate, is a Key Club member, and was the in the Boy Scouts of America where he has earned the rank of manager for the basketball teams at her school. Nishi will be Eagle Scout and was inducted in the Order of the Arrow (The pursuing her interest in economics at the George Washington National Honor Society of the BSA). His Eagle Scout project University. consisted of leading a group of volunteers in building four wooden planter boxes for his high school. Xavier will attend ROBERT MIRABELLO North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as a Verizon Scholarship ($15,000) student in the Honors Program and will study Civil Engineering. Rob Mirabello is graduating from Washington Latin Public Charter AMALIA PROPER School and will attend Swarthmore FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) College in the fall. He is the first Amalia Proper is graduating with High National Merit Scholarship Finalist Honors from BASIS Washington DC. from his school, is an AP Scholar with She started a soccer team at her school, distinction, and was nominated for the plays for a local club, is a certified referee, U.S. Presidential Scholars program. In and spends numerous hours per week sophomore year, he founded his school’s coaching children in the community. popular underwater robotics club. He She spent three months working on served as the treasurer of his school’s a senior research project studying the student council and was the rhythm effects of physical activity on young section leader of his school jazz band. Rob also competed on the children experiencing isolation. She varsity cross country and track teams throughout high school. evaluated how participating in soccer In college, he plans to study engineering, classics, and Chinese. has been beneficial to the children she coaches after being socially isolated. Outside of soccer, she was LAKSHMI MOSQUERA a member of the National Honor Society; is a board member of USTelecom – The Broadband Association Scholarship ($10,000) CRYSP, which is responsible for managing a local sports venue; Lakshmi Mosquera arrived in the U.S. provided lunches, water, and fellowship to people experiencing from Colombia in 2013. Graduating homelessness; and volunteers to run sound and media every from School Without Walls High weekend at her church. She is excited to be attending University School, she has served as youth leader of Central Florida in the fall where she will be exploring her of United We Dream Council for four many academic interests. years and is a National Honor Society Member. She has taken part in many activities, including LearnServe’s Youth Advisory Boars as Chair. She also took part in a fellowship for the Mikva Challenge in their Election In Action program. She has participated in a college dual enrollment program where she completed one course. Lakshmi plans to attend Trinity Washington University majoring in Global Affairs and aspires to become a lawyer. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

AYA JENÉ SETTLES The Karen Kincaid Scholarship: Sponsored by Wiley Rein and The Karen A. Kincaid Karen’s Friends ($10,000) Aya Jené Settles is a senior at Benjamin Scholarship Banneker Academic High School. Her extracurricular activities include SPONSORED BY WILEY REIN AND tutoring middle school students with KAREN’S FRIENDS homework and reading. As a Girl Scout, she helped coordinate a Health Fair The Karen A. Kincaid Scholarship for parenting teens, packed meals for is an annual award that pays tribute shelter residents, and participated in to the late Karen Kincaid, a partner walks to raise funds for the homeless. in Wiley Rein’s Communications Aya is proud to have earned the honor Practice. Karen is remembered of Gold Award Scout. As president of by her friends and colleagues for her teen group, she led the chapter to her warmth, intellect, and a deep volunteer at a non-profit that collects used sports equipment commitment to her family and her for under-resourced kids. Aya inspired the teens to raise community, qualities that also are money, donate equipment, and volunteer in the warehouse demonstrated by the scholarship sorting everything from footballs to lacrosse sticks to soccer recipient, Aya Settles. cleats. In 2018, Aya launched her own e-commerce business, TheAyaJeneCollection.com. Her greatest accomplishment was Prior to joining Wiley Rein, Karen served as a Senior founding the iSeeMe campaign to help teen girls struggling Attorney-Advisor for the Private Radio Bureau, at the with self-esteem. Aya will attend Spelman College where she Federal Communications Commission from 1989 to 1993. will major in Economics and minor in Psychology. She was a law clerk to the Honorable J. Smith Hensley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable KIAIRA WHEELER Leo Oxenberger, Chief Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals. She FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($8,000) received her B.A. from Central College and her J.D. from Drake University. Kiaira Wheeler is graduating from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Friends and colleagues of Karen Kincaid are proud to School, and will be attending Delaware fund a scholarship in her memory to provide a deserving State University with a major in Mass student assistance toward college tuition. Communication. During her years at Roosevelt, Kiaira was part of an internship called Urban Alliance, which paired students with jobs involving SAVOY WHITTINGTON media. Kiaira worked at Vox Media Comcast NBCUniversal Scholarship ($15,000) during her senior year virtually. During Savoy Whittington is a graduating her time working at Vox Media, she met senior from Benjamin Banneker people at her job site. She met people Academic High School. She plans on that have an organization with Vox Media, journalists and many majoring in English with a Political more. Kiaira’s passion is to become a radio presenter and she Science minor at Spelman College to plans to create her brand. Kiaira has a non-profit organization pursue her long-term goal of being a she hopes to launch called “Unmuted Collective”. Unmuted Civil Rights Attorney. She has been very Collective is a no-judgement platform to amplify voices of active in her school. Savoy was named blacks and minorities. Most Improved Player of the year for the Varsity Volleyball team and Best Personality for the Varsity Cheerleading team. Savoy is also very active outside of her school community as a young community activist. She has served as Washington D.C.’s own Youth Council Member At Large for three years where she responds to legislation and policies that impact youth in D.C. Savoy was also a mentor to young girls attending the program Girl’s Inc and The Jelleff Recreation Center (Boys and Girls club). She also participated in Delta Gems, Women Inspiring Strength & Empowerment, and The Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS LIN XU 2021 Law School Scholarship Young Lawyers and Charity Auction Scholarship ($17,875) Lin Xu is a graduating senior from and Internship Stipend Cardozo Education Campus and Recipients will be attending Virginia Tech with a major in NanoMedicine. To help FADUMA ALI underserved and vulnerable groups, FCBA Foundation Scholarship she became an active volunteer at Faduma Ali is a rising 2L at the numerous organizations like the University of North Carolina School Chinese Community Service Center, of Law, where she is a Dean’s Fellow Howard University Hospital Holiday and the Student Bar Association 2L Initiative, Recycling Club, and Learning Class President. She also serves as the Ally. She is a diligent student leader of VP of Networking for the Sports & the National Honor Society, Qualcomm Entertainment Law Association and Geared - Up Remote Robotics, and a co-founder and lead mentor Treasurer for the Black Law Students of STEM Tutoring, Robotics & Coding Club that help students Association. Faduma is a North easily figure out STEM challenges and spark their curiosity Carolina native with an undergraduate and interest in STEM courses, programming, and robotics. To degree in Communications and English. prepare well for college, she enrolled in AP Programs, Howard Before law school, Faduma worked as University Dual Enrollment Program, and several college preps a paralegal doing corporate and intellectual property work. and mentoring initiatives. In addition, she had the opportunity to intern with the PGA TOUR’s media and communications team, which is where her JINHONG ZHAO passion for the intersection of communications and the law FCBA Foundation Scholarship ($5,000) began. Faduma is interested in pursuing a career working in JinHong Zhao is graduating from communications, media, and intellectual property law. She looks Cardozo Education Campus and will forward to furthering her interests in those areas during the be attending the University of Virginia, next two years of law school through tailored course selections, where he will major in Computer internship, and clinics. Science. He’s a diligent student-leader of various student-centered initiatives TERRY ALLEN like the National Honor Society and FCBA Foundation Scholarship FIRST Robotics. He also serves as a Terry Allen is currently a rising 2L founder and lead peer tutor/mentor and a Ph.D. candidate in Education of STEM Tutoring, particularly in at UCLA. He is a staff member of calculus, physics, computer science, the National Black Law Journal, and engineering. To prepare well for and an active member of both the college, he enrolled in AP Programs Howard University Dual Intellectual Property and Business Program, and several college preps and mentoring initiatives. Law Associations. Terry is working this Furthermore, he is leading a school-wide Qualcomm Geared – summer at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Up Remote Robotics initiative that brings hands-on experience to as a Summer Associate (1L Diversity other students to design, create, and program robots even during Scholar), and at Facebook as a PhD- this time of pandemic. As an aspiring computer scientist, it is his level User Experience Researcher passion to design and create efficient and innovative technologies (Ph.D. Intern). Terry received his B.A. that remove barriers, especially for poor and voiceless people. degree in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley, and M.A. degree in Education Policy from Columbia University. Before attending law school, Terry taught undergraduate research courses at UCLA. He also worked in various research capacities at organizations such as RAND Corporation, U.S. Department of Education, and U.S. Government Accountability Office. Immediately after his undergraduate studies, Terry interned for the White House and later served President Barack Obama as an advance associate. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

MONICA BUNNAY Internship: FCC, Office of the Bureau Chief, Public Safety and The Diane Cornell Internship Homeland Security Bureau Monica Bunnay is a rising 3L at Stipend University of Colorado Law. After receiving her B.A. in Economics In 2020, friends and colleagues from University of California, San established the Diane Cornell Diego she spent five years working Scholarship Fund in memory of their in Silicon Valley for a startup and colleague, mentor, and friend. Diane an international cybersecurity firm. not only rose to prominence but This summer Monica will work on a changed institutions she became a variety of communications issues at part of, a truly rare quality. She spent the FCC, but she is most interested in two tours of duty and many years the intersection of cybersecurity and at the FCC holding an expansive telecommunications law. list of positions, first joining the Common Carrier Bureau’s Division GWENDOLYN GHILONI of Policy and Program Planning in Internship: FCC, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 1987, and finally as Special Counsel to FCC Chairman Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division Tom Wheeler prior to her retirement in 2016. Other Recipient of the Diane Cornell Internship Stipend ranks of great responsibility Diane held included Chief of the International Policy Division of the Common Carrier Gwendolyn Ghiloni is a rising 2L at Bureau, Chief of the Telecommunications Division of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George International Bureau, and the Chief of Staff/Associate Mason University. Before Law School Chief of the Wireless Communications Bureau. She also she attended Lafayette College where served as legal advisor to FCC Commissioners Patricia she graduated with a double major Diaz Dennis and Sherrie Marshall, and as Acting Senior in Anthropology/Sociology and Legal Advisor to FCC Chairman Reed H. Hundt. Philosophy and was president of the Emile Durkheim Society and Social Prior to joining the FCC in 1987 Diane began her career Gaming Network. She also spent a at the law firm Squire, Sanders and Dempsey (now Squire summer working in the Trademarks Patton Boggs). Between Diane’s two stints at the FCC she division of the USPTO, where she hopes served as vice president at CTIA and Inmarsat where she to work after graduating law school. led regulatory and government relations departments. While at George Mason, she has joined the Pauline Newman Diane also served as FCBA President from 2007-2008. Inn of Court and worked as a research assistant. In her free time, she works as a volunteer at Historic Huntley Manor and Diane’s unique combination of keen intellect and enjoys knitting. transformative work ethic leave behind a legacy as a lawyer, policy maker, advocate, and passionate public EDWARD ERNST servant that most can only imagine. Internship: FCC, Wireline Competition Bureau, Pricing Policy Division In honor of Diane, the Diane Cornell Internship Fund Edward Ernst is a rising 2L at the supports law students accepting unpaid summer Fordham University School of Law. internships. This year’s recipient is Gwendolyn Ghiloni. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2012 with a B.A. in Philosophy, he spent several years working in market intelligence in for Fordham’s Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) Washington, DC and New York City. Decennial Fellows Program. In addition to interning at the Most recently, Edward was based in FCC this summer, he will be serving as a Research Assistant Lexington, KY – pursuing corporate focused on Intellectual Property Law for Professor Courtney Cox. partnerships for Breeders’ Cup (“The Edward looks forward to pursuing a career at the intersection World Championships of Thoroughbred of Technology, Information, and Corporate Law. Racing”). As a 1L, Edward was selected FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

ALAN HARRISON experience during internships with the Hon. Terrence G. Berg of Internship: FCC, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau the Eastern District of Michigan, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Alan Harrison is a rising 2L at the Office, and Michigan law firm Warner Norcross + Judd. Prior University of Colorado Law. Alan to law school, Charlie worked as a broadcast journalist for the graduated from the George Washington Detroit ABC affiliate. University with honors, with a double major in Economics and Political JORDAN KUCHTA Science, and received his Masters in Internship: FCC, Office of Commissioner Brendan Carr Legislative Affairs from the George Jordan Kuchta is a rising 3L at the Washington University’s Graduate University of Maryland Francis King School of Political Management. Carey School of Law where he is the Alan previously worked as a federal Managing Editor of the Maryland consultant supporting federal and state Law Review, and is pursuing the clients with emergency management Cybersecurity and Crisis Management and continuity of operations projects, as well as other technology certificate as well as the Intellectual implementation and ERP projects. Alan is excited to further Property certificate. Before law school, his interest and learning in telecommunication law and policy, Jordan worked on Capitol Hill in various and support the communication infrastructure of public safety offices, including the Senate Judiciary officials this summer. Committee and Senator Grassley’s personal office. He is interested in CHRIS HUFF the intersection between communications, cyber, and privacy FCBA Foundation Scholarship law, and has further developed his passion for these areas of Chris Huff is a rising 3L at The Catholic the law while working as a Legal Intern in Under Armour’s University of America, Columbus Global Privacy department in the spring of 2021. Jordan will School of Law. Chris was born and raised be interning for the Future of Privacy Forum in the fall as a in Lilburn, Georgia. After receiving his Legal Policy Intern. B.A. in International Relations with a minor in French from Kennesaw State HAILLE LAWS University, Chris studied independently Internship: FCC, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, in Beijing and returned to the U.S. to Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division work as a multilingual flight attendant. Haille Laws is a rising 3L at the In his 2L year his first article proposing University of Minnesota Law School. a new legal framework for Internet She also attended the University of domain names was published in an Minnesota for undergrad, where she academic journal. He has interned with a judge at the U.S. achieved a degree in Political Science Court of International Trade and with the FCC’s Wireline and minors in Psychology and Spanish. Competition Bureau. This year he will intern in the Office of Haille is currently a Managing Editor FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington. Chris intends to pursue a for the Minnesota Law Review, the career bridging telecommunications law and international trade. Communications Director in the University of Minnesota’s Law Council, CHARLIE KADADO a Teaching Assistant, and an upcoming FCBA Foundation Scholarship participant in her law school’s Civil Charlie Kadado is a rising 3L at Wayne Rights Enforcement Clinic this fall. She is specifically interested in State University Law School in Detroit, the intersection of national security policy and communications MI. Charlie serves as a voting Board law, and looks forward to the learning opportunities that her Member and Note & Comment Editor internship with the FCC will afford her this summer. on the Wayne Law Review. His Note regarding media access to Michigan courts during the COVID-19 pandemic will be published in a forthcoming edition of the publication. He also serves as the Vice President of the Lebanese American Club of Michigan (LACOM). Charlie has gained legal FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

GABRIEL LENNON This summer, he is interning with the House Judiciary Committee Internship: FCC, Media Bureau, Policy Division Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Gabriel Lennon is a rising 3L at the Law. Louis is deeply interested in internet policy issues as well University of Colorado Law School. as the intersection of antitrust and telecommunications law. His interest in technology law began He hopes to continue public service after graduating from law with a B.S. in computer science from school and is tremendously grateful for the support of the FCBA the University of Puget Sound, and he Foundation this summer. has continued to pursue that interest in law school. He has researched artificial JUSTICE SHANNON intelligence for the FCC’s Technological Internship: FCC, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Advisory Council and has practiced Policy and Licensing Division as a student attorney at CU Law’s Justice Shannon is a rising 2L at the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & University of Minnesota Law School. Policy clinic with a focus on disability In 2014 Justice enlisted in the United advocacy in the technology context. In the summer of 2021, States Air Force and began his career in Gabriel will be interning with the FCC’s Media Bureau Policy Cybersecurity at Fort George G. Meade, Division. Upon graduation, he hopes to continue working in Maryland. There, Justice finished an A.S the world of technology policy. in Management Information Systems at the Community College of The Air GABRIELA MONASTERIO Force, a B.S in Legal studies at the FCBA Foundation Scholarship University of Maryland Global Campus, Gabriela Monasterio is a rising 2L at the and an M.S in Cybersecurity at Bellevue University of North Carolina School of University. This summer, Justice will Law. Gabriela graduated summa cum broaden his horizons into telecommunications policy at the laude from Northeastern University Policy and Licensing Division of the Federal Communications in 2020 with a degree in Political Commissions. Science and a minor in Law and Public Policy. Gabriela previously worked at ZACHARY SORENSON Foley Hoag LLP as a co-op with their Internship: U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Intellectual Property Litigation team in Technology and Digital Platforms Section Boston. There, she discovered a passion Zachary Sorenson is a rising 2L at for law and developed an interest in Harvard Law School. Prior to law Intellectual Property law. During law school, Zach spent several years in D.C. school, Gabriela participated in the FCBA’s Technology, Media, working in Congress, most recently and Telecommunications Law and Policy Program, spending as a senior legislative assistant to six weekends learning from captains of the TMT industry. This Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) covering summer, Gabriela will be working for Disability Rights North technology, telecommunications, and Carolina, helping the North Carolina Media Law Society revise cybersecurity policy. He graduated their Media Law Handbook, and participating in the Hispanic from Stanford University in 2017 with National Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Institute. a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.A. in Public Policy, and completed LOUIS NAIMAN several software engineering and web Internship: House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on development internships throughout college. At Harvard, he Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law is a contributor and submissions committee member for the Louis Naiman is a rising 3L at American Journal of Law and Technology. As an intern at the Technology University Washington College of Law. and Digital Platforms Section of the Antitrust Division at the He graduated from Oberlin College in Department of Justice, he looks forward to gaining hands-on 2016 with honors from the Politics experience exploring competition law in the technology sector Department. He previously worked this summer. at the Federal Trade Commission and, since beginning law school, has interned at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. FCBA Foundation 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

STACEY WEBER Internship: NTIA, Office of Policy Analysis and Development The Henry Geller Internship Recipient of the Henry Geller Internship Stipend FCBA Foundation Scholarship Stipend Stacey Weber is a rising 3L at the University of Colorado Law School. The FCBA Foundation honors Before law school she graduated cum Henry Geller, a legend in the laude from the University of Denver telecommunications field. Known and worked with a nonprofit in New for his encyclopedic institutional York City. In law school her passion knowledge, Henry was an innovator, for public service led her to the Silicon advocate and visionary who nurtured Flatirons Center, where she developed generations of communications particular interests in data privacy and talent. His energy and impact communications law. Thus far in law extended across a wide range of school she has worked as a research policies, from a Fairness Doctrine assistant for the first Encryption proposal that resulted in the end of Compendium team, served as Vice President of the technology cigarette ads on TV and radio to a successful challenge of law student group, and wrote her Law Review student note on the equal-time doctrine that led to a rule allowing televised the intersection of antitrust and data privacy. This fall she will debates among major presidential candidates. join CU’s Technology Law and Policy Clinic. His more than 50-year professional career included CAROLINE WYATT serving as general counsel of the Federal Communications Internship: FCC, Media Bureau, Industry Analysis Division Commission and the first administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as Caroline Wyatt is a rising 2L at assistant secretary of the Commerce Department. Henry Stanford Law School. In 2018, Caroline always advocated for the public interest, often against graduated from Williams College with powerful corporations. He worked tirelessly to foster a double major in French and History. minority ownership of broadcast facilities and relentlessly She then worked at Orrick, Herrington pursued a 2% spectrum fee to provide support for public & Sutcliffe as a litigation paralegal. At broadcasting. Stanford, Caroline is a member of the Prisoner Legal Services pro bono project, This internship stipend, created by Henry’s wife, Judy and a member editor of the Stanford Geller, helps extend his legacy. This year’s recipient is Journal of International Law. She is also Stacey Weber. a member of the Black Law Students Association and the incoming president of the Stanford Law Association. Caroline is looking forward to learning more about media law and technology, particularly as a means of promoting accessibility for marginalized groups. Honorary Degrees (Organizations) Inspired by the Foundation’s mission to support educational and professional pursuits, organizations and their collaborative individuals’ donations, this year so far, have been recognized with the following honorary degrees:

DEGREES ALL THEIR OWN ($10,000 and above) AT&T Comcast NBCUniversal Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® Cox Enterprises CTIA DLA Piper LLP Fox Corporation Google NCTA – The Internet & Television Association The Karen Kincaid Scholarship: Sponsored by Wiley Rein and Karen’s Friends T-Mobile US, Inc. USTelecom – The Broadband Association Verizon Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Young Lawyers and Charity Auction

MASTERS OF MEDIA ($5,000 - $9,999) Latham & Watkins LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

BACHELORS OF BROADBAND ($2,000 - $4,999) Jenner & Block LLP Somos Twilio

We would also like to thank the following companies and firms for their donations:

Cooley Soda Fund Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TracFone Wireless Wiley TMT Group Gems (Individuals) Individual donations this year that will be going to support the Foundation’s public service programs have been recognized at the following “birth stone” levels:

DIAMOND L. Charles Keller ($1,000 and above) Erin E. Kim John W. Kuzin Matthew A. Brill Nancy Liebermann AJ Burton Phillip R. Marchesiello Edgar Class Patrick R. McFadden Christine M. Crowe Kevin G. Rupy Seth A. Davidson Kenneth E. Satten Judith Geller Meredith Singer Jennifer D. Hindin M. Anne Swanson Wayne D. Johnsen Richard R. Zaragoza Adam D. Krinsky Barry J. Ohlson RUBY James W. Stegeman ($100 - $249) Bryan N. Tramont Christopher R. Bjornson EMERALD James S. Blitz ($500 - $999) Patrick R. Halley Jeffrey A. Jacobs Robert A. Beizer Robert B. Kelly Ann West Bobeck Daniel Kirkpatrick Megan Brown Jeffrey A. Marks Kathleen J. Collins Randolph J. May Brian F. Fontes Aimee K. Meacham Shiva Goel Terri B. Natoli Anna M. Gomez Morgan O. Schick Jack N. Goodman Mark Van Bergh Russell P. Hanser Cara Voth Diane Griffin Holland Rachel Wolkowitz Barry Matto Lisa R. Youngers Katy J. Milner David A. O’Connor SAPPHIRE Robert W. Quinn ($99 and below) Joshua S. Turner Christopher G. Wood Robert Barnett Emilie De Lozier PEARL Evan Morris ($250 - $499) Jeffrey S. Steinberg Scott B. Tollefsen Dennis J. Amari Ashley O. Tyson Timothy J. Cooney K. Michele Walters Erin M. Griffith Kenneth B. Wolin John J. Heitmann THE TECH BAR

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