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September 27, 2010 John Giusti at (202) 418-2000
COMMISSIONER COPPS ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES 
Commissioner Michael J. Copps announced today that his Senior Policy Advisor, 
Jennifer Schneider, will depart the Commission. Commissioner Copps stated:
“We will miss the valuable contributions that our friend Jennifer Schneider made to our 
daily lives. She brought creative ideas, excellent judgment, wonderful energy and an awesome 
personality to everything she did here—and she did a lot. Her regulatory and legislative 
experience benefited my efforts and those of the entire Commission. She should be immensely 
proud of her public service. Perhaps one day public service will be fortunate enough to get her 
back. In the meantime, we wish Jennifer and Mark all good things on the road ahead.”
Commissioner Copps also announced that Margaret McCarthy will be joining his staff as 
Policy Advisor for Broadband, Wireline and Universal Service, beginning October 12, 2010.  
Margaret has most recently been serving as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Byron L. 
Dorgan (D-ND), counseling the Senator on a range of communications and media issues.  Prior 
to joining Senator Dorgan’s staff, Margaret served as a Telecommunications Policy Analyst for 
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, where she helped implement the Broadband Technology 
Opportunities Program.  She also previously served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science and Transportation.  Commissioner Copps noted:
“I am delighted to have someone of Margaret’s intelligence, commitment and enthusiasm 
as my advisor on wireline and broadband policy. Margaret comes to us from Senator Byron 
Dorgan’s staff, where she devoted much of her time to the communications issues that Senator 
Dorgan and I both care so deeply about. We look forward to her input on the many critical 
issues facing the Commission as we move ahead to bring the benefits of modern communications 
to all our citizens.”
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