it was not no.  And if she was a licensed ham, im sure it would have been 
all over the article.
but, ive been wrong before hi.

73
VA 6BKX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement


>
> That's great but is she a ham?  I don't believe that was mentioned in the
> article.  Lou
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> From: "w4hc" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:52 AM
> Subject: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement
>
>
>> Laura L. Smith of Pennsylvania has been named by the FCC to fill the
>> vacancy created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008 as
>> Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC's
>> Enforcement Bureau. Hollingsworth served in that position for more
>> than 10 years as the FCC's enforcement watchdog over the Amateur
>> Radio Service.
>>
>> A 1990 graduate of the Pepperdine University School of Law, Smith
>> began her legal career with the FCC, working in the Mass Media
>> Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. She also served as
>> Deputy Division Chief of the Public Safety and Private Wireless
>> Division. Smith is currently licensed to practice in the
>> Commonwealth of Virginia.
>>
>> In 1998, Smith left the FCC to become Executive Director of
>> Governmental Affairs for the Industrial Telecommunications
>> Association (ITA), now Enterprise Wireless Alliance. In that role,
>> she monitored FCC and legislative proceedings and participated in
>> all regulatory proceedings relevant to the private wireless
>> industry. In 2001, Smith became ITA's President and Chief Executive
>> Officer. While in that position, she was instrumental in the
>> formation of the Consensus Group, a group of public safety and
>> private wireless entities responsible for drafting the "Consensus
>> Plan," a proposed resolution for interference in the 800 MHz band;
>> this was adopted by the FCC in 2004.
>>
>> Smith returns to the FCC after serving Of Counsel with the Maryland
>> law firm of Shulman Rogers. While there, she dealt with
>> telecommunications matters and provided counsel to numerous entities
>> in the private radio and public safety communities. Smith has served
>> as an industry consultant and written columns for a variety of trade
>> publications including Mobile Radio Technology Magazine and The
>> Private Wireless Magazine.
>>
>> In an October 2008 letter to then-FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, ARRL
>> President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, urged Martin to name a successor to
>> Hollingsworth: "The appointment of a replacement Special Counsel in
>> this position is of critical importance to the Amateur Radio
>> Service, as the delay in finalizing the appointment stands to
>> undermine in very short order an exceptionally successful and
>> low-cost program of enforcement in the Amateur Service."
>>
>> Calling the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement program "spectacularly
>> successful," Harrison reminded Martin of the "long period in the
>> late 1980s and 1990s during which the Commission was essentially
>> uninvolved in enforcement in the Amateur Service. The Amateur
>> Service, consisting of some 680,000 licensees of the Commission, is
>> in essence a self-regulating service; however, due to the shared
>> frequency allocations in the Service and the long distance
>> propagation of amateur communications, a very few rule violators can
>> cause severe disruption in the Service. On the other hand, even a
>> minimal Commission presence has a very strong deterrent value."
>>
>> When Hollingsworth was appointed as Special Counsel for Amateur
>> Radio Enforcement, Harrison said that Hollingsworth "established a
>> visible presence in the Service and very quickly, and with very
>> little investment of Commission resources, using little more than
>> the awareness of an enforcement presence, created strong deterrence
>> against rule violations."
>>
>> Upon learning of Smith's move to the Amateur Radio enforcement role,
>> Harrison remarked that he was "very pleased to see the Commission
>> move forward with the hiring of a new Special Counsel responsible
>> for enforcement of the Amateur Radio Service rules," said Harrison.
>> "Ever since Riley Hollingsworth announced his retirement, we have
>> met with the Enforcement Chief numerous times and corresponded with
>> FCC Chairman Martin to ensure this position remains intact at FCC.
>> The Commission acknowledges the self-regulating environment we
>> maintain, but also understands that we need their assistance
>> occasionally to resolve a few situations. They have continually
>> reassured us that this is an important matter for them, and Ms
>> Smith's hiring confirms that."