Wave Issue 0512 3/25/05 Article 8-01

***Kevin Martin Takes the Helm at the Federal Communications
Commission

Washington, DC
March 21, 2005

Kevin J. Martin is now Chairman of the FCC replacing former
Chairman Michael Powell. He was nominated to be a member of the
Federal Communications Commission by President George W. Bush on
April 30, 2001, and was sworn in on July 3, 2001. He was
designated chairman by President George W. Bush on March 18,
2005. Chairman Martin serves a five-year term expiring in June
2006. Chairman Martin also serves as the Chair of both the
Federal-State Joint Board on Separations and the Federal-State
Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services, as well
as a member of the Federal-State Joint board on Universal
Service.

Chairman Martin joined the Commission from the White House, where
he served as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy and was on the staff of the National Economic Council. In
that capacity, he focused primarily on commerce and technology
policy issues. He also served as the official U.S. government
representative to the G-8's Digital Opportunity Task Force, a
government, non-profit, and private sector task force created to
identify ways in which the digital revolution can assure
opportunities for developing countries.

Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Chairman Martin served
as a principle technology and telecommunications advisor on the
Bush-Cheney Transition team. He assumed this role after serving
as the Deputy General Counsel to the Bush campaign in Austin,
Texas from July 1999 through December 2000.

Chairman Martin is not new to the Federal Communications
Commission. From 1997 to 1999, he served as a Legal Advisor to
FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, advising the
Commissioner on telecommunications and broadband issues. Chairman
Martin had previously served in the Office of the Independent
Counsel following several years of work in private practice at
the Washington, DC law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding. While at
Wiley, Rein & Fielding, he worked on communications, legislative,
and appellate litigation matters. Before joining Wiley, Rein &
Fielding, Martin was a law clerk for United States Court District
Judge William M. Hoeveler in Miami, Florida.

Chairman Martin received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
with Honors and Distinction from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. While at Chapel Hill, Chairman Martin was elected
Student Body President and President of the North Carolina
Association of Student Governments. In addition, he also served
on the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. Chairman
Martin received a Masters in Public Policy from Duke University
and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Chairman Martin
is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Federal
Communications Bar Association.

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