Consumer/Disability Telecommunications Advisory Committee

January 19, 2001 Consumer/Disability Telecommunications Advisory Committee

Executive Director

Shirley L. Rooker, President, Call For Action (CFA)

Ms. Rooker has been fighting fraud and raising public awareness as an activist and consumer educator for CFA since 1976. She was elected president of CFA in 1989, and under her direction CFA has produced several award-winning consumer brochures. It also has provided free, confidential consumer hotline services for those who have no other recourse. CFA has been an accessibility advocate and has made its offices, phone lines and website accessible to people with disabilities. Ms. Rooker has worked closely with the White House, the FTC and the FCC on consumer issues. She has been cited as a consumer expert by the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, AP and CNBC. She serves on the Consumer Literary Consortium and the Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing, and has a BA in Psychology, with distinction, from George Washington University.

Members

1. Rayna Aylward Executive Director Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

2. Brenda Battat Acting Executive Director Self Help for Hard of Hearing People

3. Daniel Brenner Senior Vice President for Law and Regulatory Policy National Cable Television Association

4. Julie Carroll Senior Policy Advisor Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center Georgia Institute of Technology

5. Robert E. Chrostowski Senior Vice President Iwatsu America, Inc., Telecommunication Industry Association

6. Michael F. DelCasino Regulatory Division Manager AT&T

1 7. Nanci Linke-Ellis Executive Director TRIPOD Captioned Films

8. Richard T. Ellis Director – Federal Affairs Verizon Communications

9. Maricela Gallegos Disability Program Manager Hewlett-Packard Company

10. Joseph C. Gaskins President ConnectBid, LLC

11. Larry Goldberg Director Media Access Group WGBH Educational Foundation

12. Susan Grant Vice President – Public Policy National Consumers’ League

13. Judith E. Harkins, Ph.D. Professor Gallaudet University

14. Dahlia E. Hayles Director Media and Telecommunications Project Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizen Educational Fund

15 Steve Jacobs President IDEAL at NCR, NCR Corporation

16. Vernon R. James Executive Director Health and Human Services San Carlos Apache Tribe

2 17. Matt Kaltenbach Product Manager, Regulatory Services, Technical Standards and Customer Features Ericsson, Inc.

18. Jeff Kramer Legislative Representative for Telecommunications and Utilities Federal Affairs Department AARP

19. Andrew Lange Special Assistant to the CEO Communication Service for the Deaf

20. Lila Laux Ph.D. Lead Engineer Human Factors Engineering Qwest Communications International, Inc.

21. Milton J. Little, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer National Urban League

22. Paul W. Ludwick TRS Product Manager Sprint Corporation

23. Ken McEldowney Executive Director Consumer Action

24. Belinda Nelson General Manager Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.

25. Shelley Nixon College Student Cabrini College

26. Kathleen F. O'Reilly Attorney at Law

27. Susan Palmer Manager, Industry Affairs Cingular Wireless, LLC

3 28. David Poehlman Technology Consultant American Council of the Blind

29. Dr. Refugio I. Rochin Director Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives Smithsonian Institution

30. Laura Ruby Regulatory Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

31. Paul Schroeder President Alliance for Public Technology

32. Bob Segalman, Ph.D. California Department of Rehabilitation

33. Pam Stewart TRS Contract Administrator State of Maryland

34. Jim Tobias President Inclusive Technologies

35. Micaela Tucker Team Leader, Accessibility Project Nokia, Inc.

36. Judith Viera Consumer Action Network

37. Karen Walls Senior Staff Associate Telecommunications Research & Action Center

38. Andrea Williams Assistant General Counsel Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association