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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  28,  2005  Rosemary  Kimball  at  (202)  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  rosemary.  kimball@  fcc.  gov 
 ERICA  MCMAHON  NAMED  ACTING  CHIEF  OF  STAFF,  CONSUMER  &  GOVERNMENTAL  AFFAIRS  BUREAU 


 Washington,  DC  –  Erica  H.  McMahon  has  been  named  acting  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  Commission’s  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  (CGB).  In  that  capacity 
 will  coordinate  the  bureau’s  activities  and  work  with  the  bureau  chief  in  setting  the  bureau’s  agenda.. 


 She  succeeds  June  Taylor  who  has  become  acting  chief  of  the  FCC’s  Office  of  Workplace  Diversity.  CGB  chief  K.  Dane  Snowden  said,  “June  was  the  consummate 
 chief  of  staff  and  set  a  very  high  bar.  I  look  forward  to  working  with  her  in  her  new  role.” 
 McMahon  had  been  the  associate  chief  of  CGB’s  Consumer  Policy  Division.  She  joined  the  Commission  in  December  of  2001  as  an  attorney  in  the  bureau’s  Policy 
 Division  where  she  had  primary  responsibility  for  the  Commission’s  Telephone  Consumer  Protection  Act  (TCPA)  proceedings.  As  associate  chief  of  the  Consumer 
 Policy  Division,  she  continued  to  oversee  rulemakings  and  orders  regarding  the  FCC’s  telemarketing  rules,  including  the  do-  not-  call  registry,  CAN  SPAM  and  privacy  issues. 
 Prior  to  joining  the  FCC,  she  was  an  attorney  with  the  Federal  Election  Commission’s  Enforcement  Bureau  and  Information  Division. 


 Snowden  said,  “I  look  forward  to  having  Erica’s  expertise  on  the  bureau’s  senior  management  team.  Both  as  a  staff  attorney  and  then  as  associate  chief  of  our  policy 
 division,  she  has  made  tremendous  contributions  to  the  bureau  and  the  Commission.  Erica  will  continue  a  strong  legacy  of  CGB  chiefs  of  staff.” 


 McMahon  received  a  B.  A.  in  political  science  at  The  College  of  William  and  Mary  and  an  M.  L.  A.  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  She  received  her  J.  D.,  cum  laude, 
 from  George  Mason  University  School  of  Law.  She  and  her  husband,  Matt,  and  children,  Sydney  and  Jack,  live  in  Arlington,  Virginia. 


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