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OLGA MADRUGA-FORTI RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL BUREAU AS DIVISION CHIEF
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Federal Communications Commission International Bureau Chief, Mindel 
De La Torre, announced that Olga Madruga-Forti joined the International Bureau as the Chief of the 
Strategic Analysis and Negotiations Division. 
“I am pleased to welcome Olga back to the International Bureau.  Olga brings a tremendous amount of 
international telecommunications experience to the Division and will be a tremendous asset for the 
Bureau,” said Mindel De La Torre.  
Ms. Madruga-Forti returns to the Commission with 17 years of private sector international 
telecommunications experience, most recently with ARSAT Telecomm S.A. where she was International 
Counsel.  Additionally, Ms. Madruga-Forti was a Member of the Board for the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and an Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications Law and 
Negotiation.  Ms. Madruga-Forti left the Commission in 1997 when she served as Special Counsel for 
International Satellite Policy in the International Bureau and spearheaded the privatization of Intelsat and 
Inmarsat.  She holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Emory University. 
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