February  7, 1995

                            MARY BETH RICHARDS
             NAMED DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF, COMMON CARRIER BUREAU


     Mary Beth Richards has been appointed Deputy Bureau Chief of the Common Carrier
Bureau.

     For the past year, Ms. Richards has served as Special Counsel to the Commission for
Reinventing Government.  In this position, Ms. Richards determined what steps the
Commission could take to implement the reinventing government strategies and oversaw those
measures.  

     Prior to this appointment, Ms. Richards has held various management positions
including in the Field Operations Bureau and the Common Carrier Bureau.  She also held 
positions as Legal Assistant to the Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau and staff attorney in
the Common Carrier Bureau's Tariff Division and in the Private Radio Bureau.

     Ms. Richards received a B.A. from Virginia Tech and a  J.D. from the Catholic
University of America.

     She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, Jack, and their son Calvin.

   

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