Federal service
Obuchowski worked at the FCC and served as senior advisor to the FCC chair Mark S. Fowler. [4] From 1982 to 1983,she was the chief of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau,International Policy Division. [6]
In March 1989,Obuchowski was nominated by President Bush as assistant secretary for communications and information at the Department of Commerce,and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. [7] [6] [8] She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in July 1989. [1] In the role,he served as the chief advisor to President Bush on communications and information policy. [9] [10] [11] In 1991,she provided testimony to Congress on the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act. [12] She also led Executive Branch advocacy for spectrum auction legislation as NTIA's administrator. [9] [13] [14]
In February 2003,Obuchowski was appointed by President George W. Bush as U.S. ambassador to the World Radiocommunications Conference in Geneva from June 9 to July 4,2003,where she successfully spearheaded the U.S. push for international Wi-Fi adoption. [15] [16] [17] In 2005,Obuchowski was a finalist with the Bush administration as a replacement chairperson to the FCC,succeeding Michael K. Powell. [18] [19] The role eventually went to Kevin Martin. [20]
In 2009,she was appointed to a two-year term on the Department of Commerce's Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. [3] [21]
Private sector
After her government service,Obuchowski founded Freedom Technologies Inc.,a policy consulting firm, [22] and served for a period as executive director of the High Tech DTV Coalition. [23] [3] She later was an executive vice president at NextWave Wireless. [24]
She has served on the boards of several organizations and companies including Spectrumx,Frontline Wireless,Inmarsat,Orbital Sciences Corporation,Stratos Global Corporation,Qualcomm,the Federal Communications Bar Association,Catholic International University,and CSG International. [12] [7] [19] She has also been a guest speaker for the Federalist Society. [3] [4]
She also served a term on the Telecom Board of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). [25] Doreen Bogdan-Martin,the first woman to lead the ITU has stated that Obuchowski was a mentor and inspiration to her. [26]
