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Venture Capital's Newest Face
by Bara Vaida
Jennifer Connell Dowling, currently the director of public policy at the trade association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), is leaving her job to join the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Dowling is joining NVCA as vice president of federal policy and political advocacy, replacing Paul Brownell, who recently left to join Dell Computer.
SEMI focuses on export controls and tax and technology policy related to the semiconductor and flat-panel display industries, among other issues of interest to the largest venture-capital firms.
In other industry news, Christine Maxwell, who served on the board of the Internet Society for five years, is stepping down to devote more time to her startup company, Chiliad Publishing, an Internet content and security-management company. During her years on the Internet Society's board, Maxwell served as vice chairwoman, chairwoman of the Internet Societal Task Force, vice president of membership and communications, and liaison to U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Maxwell was the publisher and visionary behind the first published Internet Yellow Pages and created the information architecture behind the Magellan search engine, which was the first to host the home page of Netscape Communications. Magellan was sold to Excite in 1996.
David McClure, who is currently director of information technology management issues at the General Accounting Office, is joining the Council for Excellence in Government as the nonpartisan organization's new vice president for e-government. McClure currently directs the GAO's government-wide evaluations of IT investments and performance.
In his new position, which begins at the end of August, McClure will develop strategies to use information and communications technology to improve the performance of government. He also will work to expand the council's intergovernmental partnerships.
Genevieve Morelli was named partner at Kelley Drye & Warren in the law firm's telecommunications unit. Morelli has been active in telecom legal issues involving competitors of the regional Bell companies and was a long-time executive vice president at the Competitive Telecommunications Association. She is also co-founder of the Promoting Active Competition Everywhere Coalition, which consists of carriers that provide local exchange services. She also was previously a president of government affairs for Qwest Communications International.
And in the days before filing for bankruptcy, WorldCom named Nicholas Katzenbach and Dennis Beresford to its board, according to Tech Law Journal. Katzenbach was an attorney general in the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. Beresford is an accounting professor at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, and a former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Bush Science, Tech Nominees Testify
Kathie Olsen, the president's nominee to be associate director for science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), testified at the Senate Commerce Committee last week that if confirmed, she will work for a balanced federal research and development portfolio that is also based on a "robust peer-review process." She also noted that federal R&D investments could result in "paybacks" to the treasury of 30 percent to 60 percent a year within five to 10 years.
Olsen will co-chair the National Science and Technology Committee, which aims to coordinate science research across the agencies.
Richard Russell, the president's nominee to be associate director for technology at OSTP also testified. Russell said he plans to focus on expediting the deployment of high-speed data services on the Internet and will be serving as a liaison to the White House National Economic Council to ensure a link between OSTP and the council. And he will oversee coordination of nanotechnology research, as well as technologies used for homeland security.
Bush said he intends to nominate Pamela Olson to be assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy. Olson has served as deputy assistant secretary for tax policy since 2001.
From 1986 to 2001, she was an associate and then partner in the Washington office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, where she practiced tax law. From 1981 to 1986, Olson was special assistant to the chief counsel of the IRS. She is currently a fellow with the American College of Tax Counsel and with the Tax Council, and she is a trustee of the American Tax Policy Institute.
On The Line With Michael Powell
Christopher Libertelli has been named legal adviser to FCC Chairman Michael Powell for wireline competition matters. He went to work for the FCC in 1999 and before that was an associate with the law firm of Dow Lohnes & Albertson.
In other FCC staff changes, Kyle Dixon was named deputy bureau chief of the Media Bureau and special counsel to Powell for high-speed Internet policy. He was previously a legal adviser to Powell on common carrier and broadband issues. Before he went to work for the FCC, he worked for the law firm of Hogan & Hartson.
Simon Wilkie was named chief economist of the FCC. He replaces David Sappington, who returned to the Department of Economics at the University of Florida. Wilkie is an economics professor at the California Institute of Technology. He also has taught at Columbia University and the University of Rochester, where he received his doctorate. He also worked as a post -doctoral fellow at Bell Communications Research.
He applies game theory to telecommunications.
The AOL Overhaul Revisited
Robert Pittman, AOL Time Warner's hard-charging chief operating officer, resigned last week, as the company continues to struggle with merging the America Online and Time Warner divisions into one cohesive firm.
The company said that Don Logan, formerly the chairman and CEO of Time magazine, is to become chairman of the new media and communications group comprised of AOL, Time and Time Warner Cable, as well as the AOL Time Warner Book Group and interactive video unit.
Jeff Bewkes, formerly the chairman and CEO of HBO, becomes chairman of the new entertainment and networks group, comprised of HBO, New Line Cinema, the WB network, Turner Networks, Warner Bros. and Warner Music. Richard Parsons remains CEO.
A Little Help From Capitol Hill Friends
Anyone looking for a job in the information technology sector is finding it rough sledding, but the Washington-area tech group CapNet and northern Virginia GOP Reps. Tom Davis and Frank Wolf are participating in a 2002 Northern Virginia Job Fair on Friday, July 26.
The job fair is to be held at the Loudon campus of the Northern Virginia Community College in Sterling, Va. In a statement, CapNet said the event is in response to recent layoffs in northern Virginia, specifically at WorldCom.
The nonprofit think tank Privacy and American Business, meanwhile, is making available the first national online privacy and privacy-related job employment Web site in a full-scale launch Sept. 3.Until the launch, jobs are to be located on the organization's main site.
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