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FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI ANNOUNCES
WIRELESS BUREAU SENIOR STAFF
Washington, DC -- Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski 
announced four members of the senior leadership of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
who will join the other senior staff in WTB.  The announcement includes: Bureau Chief Ruth 
Milkman, Senior Deputy Chief James Schlichting, Deputy Chief Renee Roland Crittendon, 
and Deputy Chief John S. Leibovitz.  
“This bureau will play a pivotal role in promoting innovation, competition, job creation and 
investment in the wireless sector,” said Chairman Genachowski. “I am delighted to have a 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau team with the expertise to help seize the opportunity for 
the United States to lead the world in mobile communications.”
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Ruth Milkman: Ms. Milkman is currently Special 
Counsel, leading the transition effort in the Chairman’s office.  Ms. Milkman served at the 
Commission between 1986 and 1998 in a variety of positions, including Deputy Chief of the 
International and Common Carrier Bureaus, and Senior Legal Advisor to Chairman Reed Hundt, 
with responsibility for wireless issues and spectrum policy.  Ms. Milkman also was a partner at 
Lawler, Metzger, Milkman & Keeney, LLC in Washington, D.C.  She began her legal career as a 
law clerk to the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth 
Circuit.  
Senior Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, James Schlichting: Mr. Schlichting 
has been at the FCC for nearly 24 years, most recently as Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of 
WTB, and previously as Deputy Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, Deputy 
Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau, Chief of the Pricing Policy Division in the Common 
Carrier Bureau, and Chief of the Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier 
Bureau. Prior to joining the FCC, Mr. Schlichting practiced communications law at Wilmer, 
Cutler & Pickering. He began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Luther M. 
Swygert and Philip W. Tone of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Renee Roland Crittendon:  Ms. Crittendon 
has been at the FCC for eight years.  She most recently served as Chief of Staff and Senior Legal 
Advisor in the Office of Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein where she was responsible for 
spectrum, broadband, international and public safety issues.  
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Before joining the Commissioner’s office in 2007, Ms. Crittendon served as Deputy Bureau 
Chief in the Wireline Competition Bureau. Prior to that, she was Chief of the Wireline Bureau’s 
Competition Policy Division. Ms. Crittendon also served as Associate Division Chief of the 
Mobility Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.  Before joining the Commission, 
Ms. Crittendon served as Deputy Chief Counsel – Telecommunications for Prism 
Communication Services, Inc, and was in private practice with a Washington, D.C. law firm 
specializing in media, wireline and satellite issues.
Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, John S. Leibovitz: Mr. Leibovitz was a 
staff member on the Presidential Transition Team, where he helped to coordinate the 
Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform working group. Prior to the transition, Mr. 
Leibovitz worked as an entrepreneur and strategy consultant in the telecommunications industry, 
with an emphasis on the wireless sector. He started his business career with McKinsey & 
Company, in New York. He has written about technology and communications policy in the 
Yale Law Journal and the Yale Journal of Law and Technology. 
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