New Staff at

Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski

announced key senior agency staff in the Office of Communications Business Opportunities

(OCBO) and Office of the General Counsel (OGC). These positions include: OCBO Director

Thomas Reed

, OCBO Senior Deputy Director Carolyn Fleming Williams, and Associate

General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer

Mark Lloyd.

“The FCC must ensure that the communications field is competitive, generates widespread

opportunities, and is open to new ideas from all sources,” said Chairman Genachowski. “This

exceptionally talented team will collaborate on the policies and legal framework necessary to

expand opportunities for women, minorities, and small businesses to participate in the

communications marketplace.”

Director, Office of Communications Business Opportunities, Thomas Reed: Mr. Reed most

recently was Of Counsel at K&L Gates LLP in Washington, DC, where his practice focused on a

broad range of issues including commercial litigation, corporate governance, investment

management, and civil rights. At K&L, Mr. Reed specialized in regulatory issues

affecting women and minority-owned businesses. He has worked extensively with some of the

nation’s largest organizations that advocate for women and minority-owned business and is a

regular commentator on disadvantaged business enterprise certification procedures. He has also

served as Legal Counsel to the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. Before joining

K&L, Mr. Reed was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department

of Justice.

Senior Deputy Director, Office of Communications Business Opportunities, Carolyn Fleming

Williams: Carolyn Fleming-Williams most recently served as Director of the Office of

Communications Business Opportunities, FCC. During her 15-year tenure with the Commission,

she has also served as a Senior Attorney-Advisor with the Media Bureau. Prior to joining the

Commission, Ms. Fleming-Williams served as corporate counsel with the Communications

Satellite Corporation (COMSAT). She was also an associate attorney with the law firm

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, now K&L Gates LLP. Prior to joining K&L, she was an Honors

Attorney with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She has also served as President of DC

Habitat for Humanity and as a Fairfax County Commissioner for Civil Service.

Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer, Mark Lloyd: Mr. Lloyd was most

recently the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/

Education Fund, where he oversaw media and telecom initiatives. Mr. Lloyd also has been an

adjunct professor of public policy at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute and a

visiting scholar at MIT, teaching communications policy. Previously Mr. Lloyd has been a

senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, the General Counsel of the Benton

Foundation, and an attorney at Dow, Lohnes & Albertson. Before becoming a communications

lawyer, Mr. Lloyd had a distinguished career as a broadcast journalist, including work at NBC

and CNN.

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