June 20, 2011
Chairman Julius Genachowski appointed Zachary Katz as Chief Counsel & Senior Legal Advisor. Katz will succeed Rick Kaplan, who recently became Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. As Chief Counsel Katz will manage the Commission's overall policy agenda, and will be responsible for policy coordination among the Bureaus and Offices. In addition, he will continue to have specific responsibility for wireline, international and Internet issues, including universal service reform, Open Internet, and satellite matters.
Genachowski also added Sherrese Smith as Senior Counsel and Amy Levine as a Legal Advisor. Smith will oversee the Media, Consumer, and Enforcement bureaus. Levine will oversee the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering & Technology, adding to her portfolio that currently includes spectrum auction policy and public safety issues.
