FCBA - We Know Tech
From our founding in 1936, we have strong roots in the field of telecommunications law. And as the law has evolved, so have we.
Today, FCBA members work on an ever-widening range of practice areas, some of which didn’t even exist a decade ago, enabling the technology that helps people around the world stay connected.
We’re the Center of Tech
As the Tech Bar, we attract members from the communications and technology industries, creating a nexus of community, a place where we connect and learn from the best minds in the field.
- AI
- Broadband
- Broadcasting/Cable
- Consumer Electronics
- Cybersecurity
- Drones
- Intellectual Property
- IoT
- Privacy
- Public Safety
- Robotics
- Satellite
- Technology Deployment
- Trade/Supply Chain
- Wireless
Officers & Executive Committee
Our Executive Committee serves as the FCBA’s Board of Directors, leading the way forward for the Tech Bar and for the practice of law in the communications and technology industries.2023/
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Past Leadership & Award Recipients
Past Presidents of FCBA
Past Foundation Chairs
FCBA Distinguished
Service Award
Service Award
FCBA Excellence in
Government Service Award
Government Service Award
Past Presidents of FCBA
- 2022-2023
Barry J. Ohlson - 2021-2022
Megan Anne Stull - 2020-2021
Natalie G. Roisman - 2019-2020
Joshua Turner - 2018-2019
Lee G. Petro - 2017-2018
Julie M. Kearney - 2016-2017
Robert E. Branson - 2015-2016
Christopher J. Wright - 2014-2015
David A. Gross - 2013-2014
Joseph M. Di Scipio - 2012-2013
Laura H. Phillips - 2011-2012
Yaron Dori - 2010-2011
Bryan N. Tramont - 2009-2010
Robert L. Pettit - 2008-2009
Mark D. Schneider - 2007-2008
Diane J. Cornell - 2006-2007
Jennifer A. Warren - 2005-2006
Michele C. Farquhar - 2004-2005
Harry C. Martin - 2003-2004
Alexandra M. Wilson - 2002-2003
Peter D. Shields - 2001-2002
Margaret L. Tobey - 2000-2001
M. Anne Swanson - 1999-2000
Jean L. Kiddoo - 1998-1999
Lawrence Roberts - 1997-1998
R. Clark Wadlow - 1996-1997
Kathleen Q. Abernathy - 1995-1996
Henry M. Rivera - 1994-1995
S. White Rhyne - 1993-1994
Alan C. Campbell - 1992-1993
Robert A. Beizer - 1991-1992
John D. Lane - 1990-1991
Sally Katzen - 1989-1990
Richard R. Zaragoza - 1988-1989
William J. Potts, Jr. - 1987-1988
Peter D. O’Connell - 1986-1987
Richard E. Wiley - 1985-1986
Gene A. Bechtel - 1984-1985
Jonathan D. Blake - 1983-1984
Edward S. O’Neill - 1982-1983
Herbert E. Forrest - 1981-1982
Earl R. Stanley - 1980-1981
Linda A. Cinciotta - 1979-1980
Edward W. Hummers, Jr. - 1978-1979
R. Russell Eagan - 1977-1978
Edgar W. Holtz - 1976-1977
John P. Bankson, Jr. - 1975-1976
Reed Miller - 1974-1975
Jack P. Blume - 1973-1974
Marcus Cohn - 1972-1973
Eugene F. Mullin - 1971-1972
Thomas H. Wall - 1970-1971
Howard C. Anderson - 1969-1970
Morton H. Wilner - 1968-1969
Robert L. Heald - 1967-1968
Ben C. Fisher - 1966-1967
Arthur H. Schroeder - 1965-1966
J. Roger Wollenberg - 1964-1965
Thomas W. Wilson - 1963-1964
Donald C. Beelar - 1962-1963
Harold E. Mott - 1961-1962
Robert M. Booth, Jr. - 1960-1961
Frank U. Fletcher - 1959-1960
Leonard H. Marks - 1958-1959
William C. Koplovitz - 1957-1958
George S. Smith - 1956-1957
George O. Sutton - 1955-1956
Percy H. Russell, Jr. - 1954-1955
Vincent B. Welch - 1953-1954
Fred W. Albertson - 1952-1953
Arthur W. Scharfeld - 1951-1952
William A. Porter - 1950-1951
Neville Miller - 1949-1950
Gullford S. Jameson - 1948-1949
Carl I. Wheat - 1947-1948
Reed T. Rollo - 1946-1947
Philip G. Loucks - 1945-1946
Elliot C. Lovett - 1944-1945
Ben S. Fisher - 1943-1944
Horace L. Lohnes - 1942-1943
Eugene O. Sykes - 1940-1941
Herbert M. Bingham - 1939-1940
Philip J. Hennessey, Jr. - 1938-1939
Frank Roberson - 1937-1938
Duke M. Patrick - 1936-1937
Louis G. Caldwell
Past Foundation Chairs
- 2022-2023
Avonne Bell
Erin Griffith - 2021-2022
Anisa Green
Erin Griffith - 2020-2021
Megan Brown
Edward “Smitty” Smith - 2019-2020
Johanna Thomas
Rebecca Murphy Thompson - 2017-2018
Aspa Paroutsas
Darah Franklin - 2016-2017
Kathy Kirby - 2015-2016
Russell Hanser
Mia Guizzetti Hayes - 2014-2015
Barry Ohlson - 2013-2014
Mark Schneider - 2012-2013
Karen Brinkmann - 2011-2012
Jennifer Warren - 2010-2011
Julie Kearney - 2009-2010
Stacy Fuller - 2008-2009
Jane Mago - 2007-2008
Lee Petro - 2006-2007
Joe Di Scipio - 2005-2006
Mark Van Bergh - 2004-2005
Greg Vogt - 2003-2004
Tom Van Wazer - 2002-2003
Christopher Wood - 2001-2002
Howard Weiss - 2000-2001
Peter Ross - 1999-2000
Mary McDermott - 1998-1999
Alan Campbell - 1997-1998
Byron Marchant - 1996-1997
Jim Blitz - 1995-1996
Michele Farquhar - 1994-1995
Joseph Waz - 1993-1994
Margaret Tobey - 1992-1993
Ramsey Woodworth - 1991-1992
Lawrence Roberts
FCBA Distinguished
Service Award
Service Award
- 2022-2023
Anisa Latif Green
Lee Petro
Natalie Roisman - 2021-2022
Rudy Brioché
Jackie McCarthy
Josh Turner
Brenda Villanueva - 2020-2021
Evan Kwerel
Kelly Donohue
Svetlana Gans
Chris Laughlin
Sanford Williams - 2019-2020
Lisa Hone
Celia H. Lewis
Lynne Milne
Danielle Thumann - 2018-2019
Robert E. Branson
Michele C. Farquhar
Rachel Wolkowitz - 2017-2018
Mia Guizzetti Hayes
Kathleen A. Kirby
Laura Stefani - 2016-2017
John B. Branscome
Lawrence Roberts - 2015-2016
Jeffrey S. Lanning
Susannah J. Larson
Megan Anne Stull - 2014-2015
Kathleen Q. Abernathy - 2013-2014
Mark D. Schneider - 2012-2013
Scott Blake Harris - 2011-2012
Edgar Class
Deborah J. Salons
Lawrence J. Spiwak
Richard K. Welch - 2010-2011
Diane J. Cornell
Micah M. Caldwell - 2009-2010
S. Jenell Trigg - 2008-2009
Howard M. Liberman
Laura H. Phillips
Amy R. Wolverton - 2007-2008
William Cox
Joseph M. Di Scipio - 2006-2007
Henry M. Rivera - 2004-2005
Richard E. Wiley - 2003-2004
Yaron Dori
Ryan G. Wallach - 2002-2003
Dee May
Jennifer A. Warren - 2001-2002
Carolyn W. Groves
Brooks E. Harlow - 2000-2001
Judith A. Endejan
Bryan N. Tramont - 1999-2000
Michele C. Farquhar
Richard H. Waysdorf
Kathryn A. Zachem - 1998-1999
Alan C. Campbell
Selina Y. Khan
Martin J. Silverman - 1997-1998
Neal Friedman
Peter Shields - 1996-1997
Mark Van Bergh - 1995-1996
William H. Read
Roberts & Eckard, P.C.
Kathryn R. Schmeltzer - 1994-1995
Stuart A. Shorenstein
Richard E. Wiley
Richard R. Zaragoza - 1993-1994
Ellen C. Craig
Lawrence Roberts
Theresa A. Zeterberg - 1992-1993
Paula G. Friedman
Brent H. Weingardt - 1991-1992
Marjorie Reed Greene
White Rhyne - 1990-1991
Kenneth A. Cox
Michele C. Farquhar - 1989-1990
Linda J. Eckard
Ramsey L. Woodworth
FCBA Excellence in
Government Service Award
Government Service Award
- 2022-2023
Ira Keltz - 2021-2022
Michelle Carey - 2020-2021
Margaret Weiner - 2019-2020
Jacob Lewis - 2018-2019
Kris Monteith - 2017-2018
Hossein Hashemzadeh
Peter Doyle - 2016-2017
Diane Cornell - 2015-2016
Carol Mattey - 2014-2015
Barbara Kreisman - 2013-2014
Robert Baker - 2012-2013
Karl Nebbia - 2011-2012
Patrick Carney - 2010-2011
Mary Beth Richards - 2009-2010
Julius Knapp - 2008-2009
Evan Kwerel - 2007-2008
Mack Armstong
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Sanford Williams
Deputy Chief of Staff for Chairwoman Rosenworcel, Federal Communications Commission
"The FCBA has been immeasurably valuable to me for networking, learning more about TMT, connecting with folks in our industry on a personal level and making lifelong friendships. While there is a range of great programming and other initiatives, I am especially appreciative of the Diversity Pipeline Program."