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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  July  9,  2002  David  Fiske  (202)  418-  0513 
 Robin  Pence  (202)  418-  0505 


 ROBIN  PENCE  NAMED  ASSOCIATE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  MEDIA  RELATIONS 


 Washington,  DC  –  David  Fiske,  Director  of  the  FCC’s  Office  of  Media  Relations  (OMR),  announced  today  that  Robin  Pence  has  joined  the  FCC  as  Associate  Director  of  OMR. 
 Since  1988,  Ms.  Pence  worked  at  Sprint  in  its  Washington,  DC  office.  Most  recently,  she  served  as  Director  of  Corporate  Communications  for  Trends  and  Technology.  From  1990  to 
 2000  she  served  as  Director  of  National  Media  Relations.  Prior  to  that,  she  was  Manager  of  Corporate  Communications  for  Sprint’s  Eastern  Business  Marketing  Group. 


 Before  joining  Sprint,  Ms.  Pence  served  as  press  secretary  to  Congressman  E.  Thomas  Coleman  from  Kansas  City,  MO  and  as  press  assistant  to  U.  S.  Senator  Alfonse  D’Amato  from 
 New  York. 
 “Robin  brings  to  OMR  extensive  experience  in  the  telecommunications  industry  which  will  be  of  enormous  value  in  working  with  the  press  and  public  on  key  issues,  including 
 broadband,  competition  and  spectrum  policy  issues,”  Fiske  said. 
 Ms.  Pence  is  a  member  of  Gallaudet  University’s  National  Board  of  Associates  and  is  a  National  Advisory  Board  member  of  the  Citizens’  Scholarship  Foundation  of  America. 


 She  received  a  B.  A.  from  Trinity  College  in  Hartford,  CT. 
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