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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.  Cir.  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  February  13,  2003  Mike  Balmoris  at  (202)  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 
 KATHERINE  SCHRODER  APPOINTED  SENIOR  ADVISOR  TO  THE  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  CHIEF 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  Maher,  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Katherine  Schroder  has  been  appointed  Senior  Advisor  to  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Chief,  William  Maher.  Ms.  Schroder  will  advise  the  Bureau  Chief 
 on  a  variety  of  issues,  including  special  projects  involving  the  universal  service  fund  (USF).  Ms.  Schroder’s  duties  will  commence  upon  her  return  from  parental  leave. 


 Ms.  Schroder  previously  served  as  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  where  she  was  responsible  for  developing  policies  for  reform  and  oversight  of 
 the  Commission’s  universal  service  fund.  Before  becoming  Chief  of  TAPD,  Ms.  Schroder  served  as  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Division  with  primary  responsibility  for  the  high-cost 
 and  low-  income  universal  service  support  mechanisms.  Ms.  Schroder  also  served  as  Counsel  to  the  Bureau  Chief  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  with  responsibility  for 
 universal  service,  pricing,  and  accounting  issues.  She  also  served  as  an  attorney  in  the  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division,  and  an  attorney  in  the  Competitive  Pricing 
 Division.  Ms.  Schroder  joined  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  in  1994  after  receiving  her  J.  D.  from  Harvard  Law  School,  and  her  B.  A.,  magna  cum  laude,  from 
 Wellesley  College. 
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