Oversight of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and Emergency Communications

Panel I

Mr. Sam Ginn

• Chairman
• First Responder Network Authority
• Witness Testimony

Mr. Ray Lehr

• Director, Statewide Communications Interoperability Program
• Maryland Department of Information Technology
• Witness Testimony

Mr. Chris McIntosh

• Statewide Interoperability Coordinator
• Office of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security
• Office of the Governor
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• Witness Testimony

Mr. James A. Barnett, Jr., Esq.

• Rear Admiral USN (ret.)
• Co-Chair, Telecommunications Group
• Venable LLP
• Witness Testimony

Mr. Declan Ganley

• Chairman and CEO
• Rivada Networks
• Witness Testimony

Panel II

Mr. Christopher Guttman-McCabe

• Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
• CTIA – The Wireless Association
• Witness Testimony

Trey Forgety

• Director of Government Affairs
• National Emergency Number Association
• Witness Testimony

Ms. Diane Kniowski

• President and General Manager
• WOOD TV, WOTV and WXSP
• Witness Testimony

Mr. David Turetsky

• Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau
• Federal Communications Commission
• Witness Testimony