New Tech/Telecom Names On Transition Team

November 13, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Wednesday announced 19 people to help oversee the effort. Several are some familiar names from the tech and telecom arena.

▪ Don Gips, former chief domestic policy adviser to Al Gore during his vice presidency and former FCC international bureau chief.
▪ Reed Hundt, former FCC chairman 1993-1997, is responsible for the international trade and economics agencies.
▪ Tom Wheeler, former CEO for the National Cable Television Association and the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, is responsible for the science, technology, space and arts agencies.
▪ Louisa Terrell, Yahoo's recently hired DC policy shop senior director, was formerly deputy chief of staff for Vice President-elect Joseph Biden.
▪ Jon Wilkins, former FCC staffer; partner at McKinsey & Company

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

E-Mail: jgruenwald@nationaljournal.com.

Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

E-Mail: joshsmith@nationaljournal.com.

Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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