USTelecom named a former top advisor to Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich...
USTelecom named a former top advisor to Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., a deputy to Walter McCormick, the association’s president. Alan Roth, former House Commerce Committee staff director and chief counsel, will fill a new position of senior executive vice…
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president, USTelecom said. Starting June 1, Roth will oversee all government affairs, said a USTelecom spokeswoman. Regina Hopper, USTelecom executive vice president, will oversee all other external affairs, she said. Both will report to McCormick. “It’s clear that USTelecom and other incumbent providers are gearing up for [a] tough next two years with growing Democrat majorities” and perhaps a Democrat president, said Paul Raak, legislative affairs vice president for the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance. “Here at ITTA we are evaluating our strategy for the next two years as well, which will no doubt be challenging.”