state public utility commission and also served in now a principal in strategic counseling rachelle chong i would like to get some of that. next is michael copps who served over a decade on a longer-term does us a democratic member and an acting chairman during an important period serving with george w. bush and obama administration. now a special adviser to common cause and sets on the board of public knowledge. next the democratic appointment appointee during the clinton and administration now the sais center a member of the board of directors of the gannett company. next is henry rivera the resource -- reverse role as a democratic commissioner serving in a republican administration of ronald reagan. after leaving the fcc his law practice is communications and most currently at our firm where he serves as a partner in for some 20 years the sheriff the minority media telecommunications council. i a appreciate debra tate to is filling in at the last minute for chairman michael powell who was ill and could not come at the last moment a and we regret that but commissioner tate is here today