Federal Communications Commission DA 20-440 DA 20-440 Released: April 21, 2020 AGENDA FOR APRIL 28, 2020 MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT GN Docket No. 17-208 By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announces the anticipated agenda for the next meeting of the FCC’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE) that will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be conducted via conference call and will be available to the public via the Internet at www.fcc.gov/live. The FCC recently released its public notice of the April 28, 2020, ACDDE meeting. See FCC Announces April 28, 2020 Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, GN Docket No. 17-208, Public Notice DA 20-292 (MB Mar. 18, 2020). As detailed in the attached agenda, the meeting will feature a report from each of the ACDDE’s working groups. The Commission recently announced the members of the ACDDE working groups. See FCC Announces Working Group Members of Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, GN Docket No. 17-208, Public Notice DA 20-170 (MB Feb. 19, 2020). The ACDDE’s three working groups are: (1) Access to Capital Working Group, which examines ways to improve access to capital in order to encourage management and ownership of broadcast properties by a diverse range of voices, including minorities and women; (2) Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group, which assesses access, adoption, and use of broadband and new technologies by under-resourced communities; and (3) Diversity in the Tech Sector Working Group, which examines issues pertaining to hiring, promotion, and retention of women and minorities in tech industries. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair and the Designated Federal Officer. The meeting will be conducted in a wholly telephonic and electronic format in light of travel restrictions and other concerns affecting members of the ACDDE and FCC staff related to the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Notice of this meeting was published in the Federal Register on March 31, 2020, and is available at Meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, Notice, 88 F.R. 17881 (Mar. 31, 2020), or https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/31/2020-06676/meeting-of-the-federal-advisory-committee-on-diversity-and-digital-empowerment (last visited Apr. 16, 2020). The ACDDE meeting is available on the Internet via live feed from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live. The public may also follow the meeting on Twitter @fcc or via the Commission’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fcc. Members of the public may submit any questions that arise during the meeting to livequestions@fcc.gov. Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if more information is needed to fill the request. Requests for accommodations not previously received as of the date of this public notice may be difficult to accommodate. Members of the public may submit comments to the ACDDE using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Comments to the ACDDE should be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208. More information about the ACDDE is available at https://www.fcc.gov/advisory-committee-diversity-and-digital-enpowerment. You may also contact Jamila Bess Johnson, the Designated Federal Officer for the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, at (202) 418-2608, or Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov, or Julie Saulnier, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 418-1598, or Julie.Saulnier@fcc.gov; or Jamile Kadre, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 418-2245 or Jamile.Kadre@fcc.gov. – FCC – APPENDIX ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W., Room TW-C305, Washington, D.C. 20554 April 28, 2020 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. AGENDA VIRTUAL MEETING 10:00 am: Welcome and Opening of Meeting Michelle M. Carey, Chief, Media Bureau 10:05 am: Welcome Remarks FCC Chairman Ajit Pai 10:10 am: Welcome Remarks FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr 10:15 am Welcome Remarks FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks 10:20 am: Welcome Remarks Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, Media Bureau Julie Saulnier, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, Media Bureau Jamile Kadre, Deputy Designated Federal Officer, Media Bureau 10:25 am: ACDDE Chair/Vice Chair Remarks Anna M. Gomez, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP Representing Hispanic National Bar Association Chair, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment Heather Gate, Director, Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation Vice Chair, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment 10:30 am: Call to Order of the April 28 Meeting of the ACDDE/Roll Call of Members Anna M. Gomez, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP Representing Hispanic National Bar Association Chair, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment 10:40 am: Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group Report Rudy Brioché, Vice President and Counsel, Global Public Policy Comcast Corporation Chair, Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group Harin J. Contractor, Director of Workforce Policy Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Subgroup Co-Lead, Broadband Adoption Laura Berrocal, Senior Director, Policy and External Affairs Charter Communications Subgroup Co-Lead, Broadband Adoption S. Jenell Trigg, Esq., Member, Lerman Senter PLLC Representing Wireless Internet Service Providers Association Subgroup Co-Lead, Supplier Diversity Susan Au Allen, Chairman, National President, and CEO U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Subgroup Co-Lead, Supplier Diversity 11:55 am: Lunch Break 12:40 pm: Access to Capital Working Group Report Caroline Beasley, CEO Beasley Media Group, LLC Chair, Access to Capital Working Group DuJuan McCoy, Owner, President and CEO Circle City Broadcasting I, LLC Subgroup Lead, Lending/Finance Aama Nahuja, Legal Counsel A Wonder Media Company, LLC Subgroup Lead, Political Dr. Nimisha Shukla, Owner and Managing Partner NJ Broadcasting LLC/South Asian Broadcasting Subgroup Lead, Broadcast 1:55 pm: Meeting Break 2:10 pm: Diversity in the Tech Sector Working Group Report Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation – Governance Studies Chair, Diversity in the Tech Sector Working Group Rosa Mendoza Dávila, Founder, President & CEO ALLvanza Subgroup Lead, Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Dr. Fallon Wilson, Executive Director Black Tech Mecca Subgroup Lead, Startup Diversity Dr. Ronald Johnson, Senior Advisor and Chief Strategist for Diversity and Inclusion The Wireless Infrastructure Association Subgroup Lead, Supplier Diversity 3:25 pm: Open Discussion -- ACDDE Members and Working Group Members 3:45 pm: Comments from the Public 4:00 pm Adjournment Anna M. Gomez, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP Representing Hispanic National Bar Association Chair, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment Heather Gate, Director, Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation Vice Chair, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, Media Bureau 5