Susan Fox Named Disney Vice President, Government Relations

Susan Fox Named Disney Vice President, Government Relations

Susan Fox has been named vice president, government relations of The Walt Disney Company, it was announced today by Preston Padden, executive vice president, government relations.

Fox, who will be based in Disney's Washington, D.C. office, will represent all of Disney's operating divisions before the federal government with a particular focus on the Federal Communications Commission.

Most recently, Fox served as deputy chief, mass media bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where she led a commission-wide task force on digital television. She also directly managed the mass media bureau's policy division, political programming office and Equal Employment Opportunity branch. Previously, she served as senior legal advisor to FCC Chairman William Kennard.

"Susan will be Disney's primary representative to the FCC. She has the perfect background and is highly regarded throughout the agency," Padden said. "We will rely heavily on Susan's experience and knowledge in all FCC matters including, in particular, digital television."

Fox is a 1988 graduate of Lafayette College, where she received, with magna cum laude distinction, a bachelor of arts degree in engineering. In 1991, she earned her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law where she was Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law & Politics.

She is married to Jeffrey Markowitz. They live with their two children, Samuel and Jack, in Arlington, Virginia

-- Posted February 13, 2001

Source: Company press release