Telecom Analyst Zufolo Joins USDA
Telecom analyst Jessica Zufolo has left Medley Global Advisors to join the Obama administration as deputy administrator for the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service, which will be run by Jonathan Adelstein, a Democratic member of the FCC for seven years. Under Obama's economic recovery plan, the service will distribute $2.5 billion in loans and grants to spur the deployment of broadband to mostly rural areas. Adelstein, a South Dakota native and former senior aide to former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., was warmly received by the Senate Agriculture Committee during his nomination hearing last Tuesday. Read more in CongressDaily here (subscription required).
Before Medley, Zufolo was legislative director for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners where she was responsible for developing and executing national legislative strategy and policy on Capitol Hill. Earlier, she worked for the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.; then-Rep. Charles Schumer of New York and Rep. Peter Defazio, D-Ore. In a Sunday e-mail, Zufolo said her first day at USDA is Monday and noted that Medley would fill her position soon to maintain its presence in the telecom sector.
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