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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:  January  13,  2005  David  Fiske  at  (202)  418-  0513 
 E-  mail:  David.  Fiske@  fcc.  gov 
 CHAIRMAN  POWELL  ANNOUCES  BARBARA  J.  DOUGLAS  TO  LEAVE  THE  COMMISSION 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  FCC  Chairman  Michael  Powell  today  announced  that  Barbara  J.  Douglas,  Director  of  the  FCC’s  Office  of  Workplace  Diversity,  is  leaving  the  Commission. 
 Powell  said,  “I  must  regretfully  announce  that  Barbara  Douglas  has  decided  to  move  on  from  her  position  as  Director  of  the  Commission’s  Office  of  Workplace  Diversity.  Fostering  a 
 diverse  workplace  has  always  been  a  top  priority  for  me  at  the  FCC.  I’d  like  to  thank  Barbara  for  her  tireless  efforts  to  promote  equal  employment  opportunities,  affirmative  employment  and 
 other  diversity  matters.  I  am  delighted  to  know  that  Barbara  will  now  be  pursuing  a  long-  term  goal  of  creating  mentoring  and  networking  opportunities  for  women  of  color  in  the  legal 
 profession.” 
 Douglas  was  named  Director  of  the  Office  of  Workplace  Diversity  by  Powell  in  October  2002.  She  was  previously  Associate  Bureau  Chief  and  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  FCC’s  Consumer 
 and  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau. 
 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Douglas  served  as  vice  president  of  America's  Promise  -  The  Alliance  for  Youth,  a  national,  not-  for-  profit  organization.  At  America's  Promise,  she 
 developed  and  managed  relationships  and  supervised  outreach  efforts  with  key  corporate,  philanthropic,  not-  for-  profit  and  faith-  based  organizations.  She  also  served  as  a  project  director 
 with  the  National  Center  for  Neighborhood  Enterprise,  an  organization  dedicated  to  helping  people  in  low-  income  communities  become  self-  sufficient  through  public  policy,  leadership 
 training  and  economic  development  initiatives. 
 Previously,  Douglas  was  an  associate  with  the  law  firm  of  Patton,  Boggs  &  Blow  in  Washington,  DC,  and  Baltimore,  where  she  practiced  civil  litigation  and  administrative  law.  She 
 also  served  as  a  court  law  clerk  on  the  District  of  Columbia  Court  of  Appeals. 
 She  is  a  graduate  of  Pennsylvania  State  University  and  Georgetown  University  Law  Center. 


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