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September 17, 2007  Clyde Ensslin at (202) 418-0506
CHAIRMAN KEVIN J. MARTIN ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION TO APPOINT 
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU CHIEF 
Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin announced his intention 
to appoint Dana Shaffer as the Wireline Competition Bureau Chief.  
Of this announcement, Chairman Martin said, “First, I want to thank Tom Navin for his 
commitment to excellence and distinguished service as Chief of the Wireline Competition 
Bureau.  As Bureau Chief, Tom has played a critical role in furthering the Commission’s pro-
competitive and deregulatory telecom policies during the past two and half years. I wish him all 
the best.  I am pleased that Dana has agreed to take over for Tom.  Dana has exhibited enormous 
dedication to this agency, and I look forward to her service in this new capacity.”  
During her tenure at the Commission, Dana has served as Deputy Chief of the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, interim legal advisor to Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate and to 
Commissioner Robert McDowell, and most recently Deputy Bureau Chief of the Public Safety 
and Homeland Security Bureau.  Dana joined the Commission after more than ten years’ 
experience in the telecommunications industry, during which she served in a number of 
leadership roles, including President of the Southeastern Competitive Carriers Association and 
President of the Tennessee Telecommunications Association.   Ms. Shaffer received her BS 
summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas and her JD magna cum laude from 
Vanderbilt University School of Law.  She was selected to the Order of the Coif and served as 
law clerk to the Honorable Eugene Siler of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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