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FCC OMNIBUS BROADBAND INITIATIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BLAIR LEVIN TO JOIN ASPEN INSTITUTE
Washington, D.C. -- Today, it was announced that Blair Levin, Executive Director of the 
Omnibus Broadband Initiative at the Federal Communications Commission, will become a 
Communications and Society Fellow at the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program 
upon his departure from the Commission on May 7, 2010. 
“Blair has been masterful in providing wisdom to the Commission about how technology and 
market trends interact with the nation’s public policy agenda,” said FCC Chairman Julius 
Genachowski. “His leadership in raising the quality of work and thought throughout the 
Commission is beyond measure and I am sure he will continue to make similar contributions for 
the country while he is at the Aspen Institute.”
Prior to his leading the creation of the National Broadband Plan, Levin co-headed the
Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group of President Obama’s 
Technology Transition Team along with current FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Levin, an 
attorney, served as Chief of Staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt from 1993 to 1997, where he 
oversaw the implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act, and as a managing 
director at the investment firm Stifel Nicolaus.
“Blair Levin is one of the premier communications strategists in the country,” said Charles 
Firestone, executive director of the Communications and Society Program. “We look forward to 
his advice and counsel in the next few months.”  
“I am pleased to join the Aspen Institute team,” Levin said. “There I can reflect on the impact of 
the National Broadband Plan and particularly its application to the international arena.”
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