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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  Media  Contact: 
 April  2,  2001  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 


 DIANE  CORNELL  TO  LEAVE  THE  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  DC  –  Diane  Cornell,  Associate  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau,  announced  today  that  she  is  leaving  the  Commission  after  thirteen  years  on  April  6  to  become  Vice 
 President  for  Regulatory  Policy  at  the  Cellular  Telecommunications  and  Internet  Association  (CTIA). 


 “Diane  has  served  as  an  exceptional  public  servant  during  her  time  at  the  Commission,”  said 
 Tom  Sugrue,  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Bureau.  “Her  dedication,  intelligence  and  leadership  have  been 
 invaluable.” 


 Since  January  1999  Cornell  has  served  as  Associate  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Bureau.  In 
 that  position  she  has  served  as  “Chief  of  Staff”  for  the  Bureau,  overseeing  the  Bureau’s  activities  in  a  number 
 of  cross-  cutting  spectrum  policy  projects,  such  as  such  as  the  “3G”  initiative  and  secondary  markets 
 proceedings,  as  well  as  administrative  functions  such  as  strategic  planning,  coordination  with 
 Commissioners’  offices,  tracking  and  selected  rulemaking  proceedings. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Wireless  Bureau,  Cornell  served  the  FCC  in  various  other  positions.  From 
 October  1994  until  January  1999,  Cornell  served  as  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Division  of  the 
 International  Bureau.  In  that  position  she  was  responsible  for  the  FCC’s  international  policy  rulemakings, 
 facilities  and  service  authorizations,  and  coordination  with  other  countries  and  multilateral  organizations  on 
 telecommunications  issues.  Cornell  also  handled  many  of  these  matters  in  her  role  as  Chief  of  the 
 International  Policy  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  before  the  FCC  reorganization  which  created 
 the  International  Bureau. 


 During  the  first  several  months  of  1994,  Cornell  served  as  Acting  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  FCC 
 Chairman  Reed  E.  Hundt.  From  1989  until  mid-  1992,  Cornell  was  FCC  Commissioner  Sherrie  P.  Marshall’s 
 Telecommunications  Legal  Advisor.  Prior  to  joining  Commissioner  Marshall’s  staff,  Cornell  served  in  the 
 same  capacity  for  Commissioner  Patricia  Diaz  Dennis. 


 Cornell  joined  the  FCC  in  1987  to  work  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau’s  Policy  and  Program 
 Planning  Division.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  she  was  senior  associate  specializing  in  telecommunications 
 with  the  law  firm  of  Squire,  Sanders  and  Dempsey  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


 Cornell  received  her  B.  A.  degree  from  Wesleyan  University  and  her  J.  D.  degree  from  the 
 University  of  Pennsylvania. 


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