Toure Breakfast
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Secretary General, Hamadoun Toure, (2nd from left) addresses members of the USTTI Board of Directors during his first visit to the United States as Secretary General. Later in 2007, Secretary General Toure was awarded the Chairman's Award for his outstanding efforts to close the digital divide throughout the developing world. Shown above with Secretary General Toure are Ambassador David Gross (left), U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. State Department, USTTI Chairman Ambassador Michael R. Gardner (2nd from right) and Meredith Baker, Acting NTIA Administrator(far right). Ambassador Gross represents the State Department and Acting Administrator Baker is NTIA's representative on the USTTI Board.

Commissioner Robert McDowell
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell explains how the Commission functions to senior officials attending the USTTI's e-Government Seminar. 16 Scholars from Bhutan, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominica, Kenya, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Papa New Guinea, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Zambia attended two weeks of briefings pertaining to the development of strategies and policies for the implementation of e-Government programs. All the current FCC Commissioners have served as volunteer "USTTI Professors" sharing their views on policy and explaining the important role that an independent Commission plays in promoting consumer benefits and the free flow of information.

Commissioner Tate
Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Tate discusses key issues with 18 officials during the 2007 Telecom/IT Policy and Regulation Sequence. Commissioner Tate is a popular guest lecturer at the USTTI as are her fellow colleagues on the Commission, Commissioner Michael Copps, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein and Commissioner Robert McDowell. Chairman Kevin Martin is an active supporter and represents FCC on the USTTI Board of Directors. Over the 25 year history of the USTTI, FCC Commissioners have served as "volunteer professors," providing valuable insights for countless USTTI scholars who are now serving as Commissioners themselves on independent regulatory bodies throughout the development world.

Jackie Schafer - Rural Connectivity Seminar
Jacqueline E. Schafer Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) briefs Senior Level Communications officials during the USTTI/USAID Rural Connectivity Seminar. In 2007, the USTTI teamed-up with USAID to host senior level officials from Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam in a course that focused on connectivity opportunities for the challenging last mile in each of their countries. Juan Belt, Director Office of Infrastructure and Engineering, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, & Trade (EGAT) represents USAID on the USTTI Board.