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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
PAM GREGORY NAMED DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
FCC DISABILITIES ISSUES TASK FORCE
As the Task Force's Deputy Director, Gregory will assist Director Meryl Icove in coordinating and tracking disabilities-related items within the Commission and conducting outreach and to the disability community.
Gregory is a nationally certified rehabilitation counselor and has extensive experience working with disability organizations. She holds a B.A. from the University of Arkansas and an Masters Degree in Rehabilitation from the University of Arkansas' National Research and Training Center on Deafness, under the direction of Glenn Anderson, Ph.D. During graduate school, Gregory interned at the Arkansas School for the Deaf.
From 1989 to 1990, Gregory served as an International Rotary Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya, where she worked to encourage civic and business leaders in many East, Central and Southern African countries to employ people with disabilities.
Chairman Reed Hundt commended Gregory's previous work as Special Assistant to the Task Force, and her commitment to disabilities issues, "Throughout her service at the Commission, as well as her career, Pam Gregory has been an advocate for making sure that people with disabilities participate fully and meaningfully in all aspects of our economy and our society. Both the disability community and the Task Force will benefit from her sustained efforts to make telecommunications accessible to all."
Before joining the Commission, Gregory was employed by the non-profit Centers for Youth and Families in Little Rock, where she worked with children with disabilities. She has also worked as a freelance sign language interpreter.