January 19, 1999


        DIANE CORNELL TO BECOME ASSOCIATE BUREAU CHIEF OF THE
                 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU 


     Diane Cornell will be joining the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau as
Associate Bureau Chief.

     Since October 1994 Cornell has served as Chief of the Telecommunications Division of
the International Bureau.  In that position she has been responsible for the FCC's international
policy rulemakings, facilities and service authorizations, and coordination with other countries
and multilateral organizations on telecommunications issues.  Cornell also handled many of these
matters in her role as Chief of the International Policy Division of the Common Carrier Bureau
before the reorganization which created the International Bureau.  

     During the first several months of 1994, Cornell served as Acting Senior Legal Advisor
to FCC Chairman Reed E. Hundt.  From 1989 until mid-1992, Cornell was FCC Commissioner
Sherrie P. Marshall's Telecommunications Legal Advisor.  Prior to joining Commissioner
Marshall's staff, Cornell served in the same capacity for Commissioner Patricia Diaz Dennis.

     Cornell worked in the Policy and Program Planning Division of the FCC's Common
Carrier Bureau from 1987 until December 1988.  Before joining the FCC, she was senior
associate specializing in telecommunications with the law firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
in Washington, D.C.

     Cornell received her B.A. degree from Wesleyan University in 1975 and her J.D. degree
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981.   

   
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