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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: 
 May  23,  2001  Maureen  Peratino  at  202-  418-  0506 


 COMMISSIONER  TRISTANI  ANNOUNCES  PERSONNEL  CHANGES 
 Washington  DC  –  FCC  Commissioner  Gloria  Tristani  has  announced  the 
 following  changes  to  her  personal  staff. 


 Senior  Legal  Advisor  William  J.  Friedman  IV  and  Legal  Advisor  Sarah  Whitesell 
 will  depart  in  June.  Former  advisors  Paul  Gallant  and  Deena  Shetler  will  re-  join  the 
 Commissioner’s  staff.  Gallant  will  serve  as  Legal  Advisor  for  mass  media  and  cable 
 issues,  and  Shetler  will  serve  as  Legal  Advisor  for  common  carrier  issues.  Adam 
 Krinsky,  who  covers  wireless  and  international  issues  for  the  Commissioner,  will  assume 
 the  responsibilities  of  Senior  Legal  Advisor. 


 “Both  Jay  and  Sarah  have  done  extraordinary  work  in  this  office,”  Tristani  said. 
 “I  thank  them  for  their  dedication  to  the  public  interest,  and  I’ll  miss  their  wise  counsel.” 


 “At  the  same  time,  I  am  very  fortunate  to  assemble  a  new  team  of  top-  notch 
 lawyers  with  familiar  faces.  Paul  and  Deena  have  outstanding  legal  skills,  and  they  will 
 hit  the  ground  running.  In  addition,  I  am  very  pleased  that  Adam  has  agreed  to  serve  as 
 Senior  Legal  Advisor.” 


 Friedman,  who  will  depart  on  June  8,  has  been  selected  as  one  of  the  two  Senior 
 Fellows  in  Duke  Law  School's  Program  in  Intellectual  Property,  Public  Interest  and  the 
 Public  Domain.  The  Fellowship  Program  is  supported  by  the  Ford  Foundation  and  the 
 Center  for  the  Public  Domain. 


 Whitesell,  who  has  served  for  over  two  years  as  Commissioner  Tristani's  legal 
 advisor,  will  be  joining  the  Cable  Services  Bureau  as  Associate  Bureau  Chief  on  June  21. 
 In  the  Bureau,  she  will  be  responsible  for  broadband  and  other  issues. 


 Gallant  previously  served  as  Commissioner  Tristani's  Legal  Advisor  for  common 
 carrier  matters  from  1997-  1999.  After  leaving  the  Commission  in  1999,  he  served  as 
 Senior  Policy  Counsel  at  Qwest  Communications.  He  joins  the  Commission  from 
 BroadBand  Office,  Inc.,  where  he  served  as  Senior  Counsel.  Prior  to  joining  the 
 Commissioner's  staff  in  1997,  he  was  a  Legal  Advisor  to  Commissioner  James  Quello. 
 Gallant  has  also  held  positions  in  the  Commission’s  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Cable 
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 Services  Bureau,  and  Office  of  General  Counsel.  He  graduated  from  Georgetown 
 University  and  received  his  law  degree  from  Catholic  University  Law  School. 


 Shetler  previously  served  as  Commissioner  Tristani’s  Legal  Advisor  for  common 
 carrier  issues  on  a  detail  from  August  2000  to  February  2001.  Prior  to  that  assignment, 
 she  served  as  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  Chief  and  as  an  Attorney-Advisor 
 and  Team  Leader  in  the  Enforcement  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau. 
 Before  joining  the  FCC,  she  was  an  associate  at  the  law  firm  of  Howrey  and  Simon. 
 Shetler  received  her  law  degree  from  the  University  of  California  Los  Angeles  School  of 
 Law  and  her  undergraduate  degree  from  the  University  of  California  San  Diego. 


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