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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  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  August  20,  2003  David  Fiske  202-  418-  0513 
 FCC  CHAIRMAN  MICHAEL  POWELL  ANNOUNCES  INTENTION  TO  APPOINT  BRYAN  TRAMONT  AS  FCC  CHIEF  OF  STAFF 
 WASHINGTON  –  FCC  Chairman  Michael  Powell  today  announced  his  intention  to  appoint  Bryan  Tramont  as  the  agency’s  Chief  of  Staff. 
 Tramont  is  currently  serving  as  Powell's  Senior  Legal  Advisor,  advising  him  generally  on  FCC  agenda  and  circulate  issues,  and  specifically  on  wireless,  international,  technology,  and 
 consumer  issues.  Tramont  also  served  as  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  Commissioners  Kathleen  Abernathy  and  Harold  Furchtgott-  Roth. 


 Tramont  replaces  Marsha  MacBride,  who  had  served  in  the  position  since  Powell  became  chairman  in  2001,  and  who  announced  on  Monday  she  was  stepping  down  as  Chief  of  Staff. 
 Powell  said,  “I  am  delighted  to  have  someone  with  the  substantive  knowledge  and  FCC  issue  experience  of  Bryan  Tramont  to  serve  as  FCC  Chief  of  Staff.  He  has  been  a  valuable 
 advisor  to  me,  and  previously  to  two  other  FCC  Commissioners.  He  will  be  a  tremendous  asset  in  helping  us  work  with  the  other  Commissioner  offices  and  advance  our  policy  goals  in  the 
 months  ahead  on  the  many  significant  issues  and  proceedings  that  the  FCC  will  be  taking  up.” 
 Tramont  said,  “"  Marsha  MacBride  will  be  tremendously  missed  as  a  leader,  mentor  and  friend.  It  is  a  true  honor  and  an  extraordinary  opportunity  to  be  tapped  as  her  successor.  I  look 


 forward  to  working  cooperatively  with  the  other  Commissioners'  offices  and  the  remarkably  talented  FCC  staff  to  continue  to  advance  the  Chairman's  agenda." 


 Before  joining  the  FCC,  Tramont  was  an  attorney  with  the  law  firm  of  Wiley  Rein  and  Fielding.  He  also  clerked  for  the  Honorable  Duane  Benton  on  the  Supreme  Court  for  his  home 
 state  of  Missouri.  Tramont  currently  is  an  adjunct  law  professor  at  The  Catholic  University  of  America.  In  addition,  he  serves  on  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Federal  Communications  Bar 
 Association,  and  was  awarded  the  organization’s  Distinguished  Service  Award.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  George  Washington  University  and  the  Yale  Law  School. 


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