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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  27,  2005  David  Fiske  at  (202)  418-  0513 
 E-  mail:  David.  Fiske@  fcc.  gov 
 P.  JUNE  TAYLOR  NAMED  ACTING  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  FCC  OFFICE  OF  WORKPLACE  DIVERSITY 


 Washington,  DC  –  FCC  Chairman  Michael  Powell  today  named  P.  June  Taylor  Acting  Director  of  the  Office  of  Workplace  Diversity  (OWD). 
 Taylor  most  recently  served  as  Associate  Bureau  Chief  and  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  FCC’s  Consumer  and  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  (CGB). 
 “I’m  delighted  June  has  agreed  to  lead  our  Office  of  Workplace  Diversity,”  said  Powell.  “Promoting  a  diverse  FCC  work  environment  has  always  been  a  top  priority  for  me  and  June’s 
 wealth  of  regulatory  and  managerial  experience  make  her  well  suited  for  this  position.” 
 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Taylor  was  an  attorney  with  the  Office  of  General  Counsel  for  the  Western  Area  Power  Administration,  U.  S.  Department  of  Energy.  While  at 
 Western,  she  successfully  defended  the  agency  in  litigation  before  the  Federal  Energy  Regulatory  Commission,  the  Equal  Employment  Opportunity  Commission,  and  Merit  Systems 
 Protection  Board. 
 She  clerked  for  the  Honorable  Warren  O.  Martin  and  the  Honorable  Lawrence  A.  Manzanares  of  the  2  nd  Judicial  District,  Colorado  District  Court.  Taylor  also  served  as  a  Judicial 
 Fellow  to  the  Colorado  Supreme  Court. 
 Taylor  received  her  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Denver  College  of  Law  where  she  was  President  of  the  Asian  Pacific  American  Law  Students  Association  and  Articles  Editor  of  the 
 Transportation  Law  Journal.  She  holds  a  B.  A.  cum  laude  from  the  University  of  New  Mexico  where  she  was  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa  graduate. 


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