Rosenworcel, Raimondo, Blinken Back Bogdan-Martin for ITU Secy. Gen.
FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Antony Blinken backed Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s candidacy for ITU secretary general Wednesday. Bogdan-Martin, director of ITU's Telecom Development Bureau, would be the first woman to lead ITU…
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and the first U.S. secretary general in more than 50 years. Rosenworcel said "no one is more qualified to sit at the helm of the ITU." Bodgan-Martin "has dedicated her career to championing gender equality and the expansion of digital access and adoption across the developing world," Raimondo said. Blinken said she's a "widely admired expert on global communications issues." In 2018, delegates to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference elected Bogdan-Martin director of the ITU Telecom Development Bureau, the first American elected to one of five leadership positions there in 30 years (see 1811010052).