Meredith Attwell Baker
| Meredith Attwell Baker | |
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| Federal Communications Commission | |
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In office July 31, 2009 – June 3, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
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| Born | 1968 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Washington & Lee University (B.A.) University of Houston (J.D.) |
| Website | FCC Profile |
 Full Keynote: CTIA Meredith Attwell Baker at #SuperMobility, September 10, 2015 |
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CTIA President & CEO Meredith Baker: Keynote Remarks, September 20, 2016 |
Meredith Attwell Baker is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of CTIA, an industry trade group that represents the international wireless telecommunications industry. Baker was a member of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), nominated by President Obama and serving from 2009-2011. She also served in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as a political appointee, and was subsequently named a deputy assistant secretary of the Commerce Department by President George W. Bush in February 2007.
Baker is from Houston, Texas. Her father, Kirby Attwell, was president of Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance, a subsidiary of Lincoln Consolidated, where he worked with the late former Texas Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Her great-great grandfather was Isaac Van Zandt, a political leader in the Republic of Texas. The Attwells have had long-standing friendships with the Baker and Bush political families.
In high school, Baker attended the Sidwell Friends School for one semester. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Lexington, Virginia's Washington and Lee University in 1990, where she studied journalism and Spanish, and a law degree from the University of Houston in 1994. Baker is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
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