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FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI’S SENIOR ADVISOR ON BROADBAND 
PHOEBE YANG TO LEAVE FCC IN DECEMBER
Washington, D.C. -- Today, it was announced that Phoebe Yang, Senior Advisor to the Chairman on 
Broadband, will leave the FCC in December, to join the senior management team and lead acquisitions 
strategy at The Advisory Board Company, a leading provider of comprehensive performance 
improvement services to the health care and education sectors.  Ms. Yang has spearheaded the 
Commission’s broadband priorities, as set forth in Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, 
and has led the Plan’s integration into the broader Commission agenda.  
“Phoebe has been indispensable to the Commission’s efforts to take early and decisive action to 
implement the National Broadband Plan -- from leading the creation of the Commission’s 2010 
Broadband Action Agenda to advising the Executive Branch on how broadband policies can spur 
innovation in addressing national priorities such as health care, energy, and education,” said Chairman 
Genachowski.  “Her wise counsel, intellectual rigor, and exceptional management gifts have been 
invaluable to me and the agency, and the nation owes her a debt of gratitude for her outstanding public 
service.”
Previously, Ms. Yang served at the Commission as General Counsel of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative 
and Chair of the Broadband Steering Committee.  Her prior experience includes executive roles at 
Discovery Communications and AOL Time Warner, public service in the Clinton Administration, and 
private practice at Hogan & Hartson.  She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia and 
Stanford Law School, where she was President and Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Law Review.
“It has been a true privilege to work with such a talented and committed FCC team on the National 
Broadband Plan and the first phase of its implementation,” Yang said. “Chairman Genachowski has been 
a good friend, and I am grateful for the honor of working for him to advance the vital mission of bringing 
the benefits of broadband to all Americans.” 
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