Background
Rivera, Henry M. was born on September 25, 1946 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
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Henry M. Rivera
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University of New Mexico (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). University of Albuquerque (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1981). University of New Mexico (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
Worked at Ginsburg, Feldman and Bress, Chartered (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Communications Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, New Mexico. 1982, District of Columbia.
Publications: "Judgments: New Mexico and the Additur," 2 New Mexico Law Review 101, 1972.
"On Building Better Laws for New Mexico"s Environment," 4 New Mexico Law Review, 105, 1973. "The Wheel of Fortune: Federal Licensing by Lottery," Administrative Law Review, 1983.
"The New Interexchange Marketplace: A Consistent View of the Regulatory Outlook," 9th Annual Rate Symposium, University of Missouri-Columbia. "Telecommunications: Currents of Change," 22nd Annual Iowa State University Regulatory Conference.
"Changing Directions in the Telecommunications Industry," Public Utilities Fortnightly, Volume 115, #5, 1985.
"New Television Services and the Federal Communication Commission"s Classification Magic," Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Broadcasting, Volume British Columbia-30, #4, 1984. "The Greening of the Federal Communication Commission: Getting from Here to There," Rural Telecommunications, Volume 4, #3, 1985. "Hispanics and the Communications Industry," The State of Hispanic America, Volume V, 1985.
"Minorities and Telecommunications," Hispanic Review of Business, September, 1983.
"A Brief Look at Computer III," Technology Transfer News, Volume 4, Number. 2, 1986; "Separate Systems and International Communications," Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Magazine, Volume 25, Number.
1, January 1987. "Perspective: Are BOC Accounting Safeguards Really Sufficient?" Communications Week, 129, February 2, 1987.
"Computer III: How Will lieutenant Affect the RHCs?" Telematics, January 1987. "Perspective: Federal Communication Commission"s Open Network Architecture: Quo Vadis?" Communications Week, 137, March 30, 1987.
"Unleashing the BOC"s," Answer, July/August, 1987. "A College Education: Number Longer Optional," The College Digest, Special Issue, 1990-1991.
Recipient: New Mexico"s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1981.
Outstanding Leadership in Government Award, 1985. Trustee, Board of Trustees, University of New Mexico Law School Foundation, 1980. Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, 1981-1985.
Supervisory Commissioner, Federal Communication Commission Industry Advisory Group on Revision of the Uniform System Accounts, 1983-1985.
Member, Federal-State Joint Board, 1982-1985. Member, Board on Telecommunications & Computer Applications, an agency of the National Research Council, 1986-1990.
Telecommunications Advisor, United States. Department of State, 1987.
Member, United States West-New Mexico Executive Board, 1987-1996.
Vice-Chairman, Foundation for Minority Interests in Media, Incorporated., 1987. Vice-Chairman, Federal Communication Commission High Definition Television Advisory Group 2 (Consumer/Trade Issues) 1987-1996. Senior Advisor, United States.
Delegation, International Telecommunications Union Plenipotentiary Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 1982.
Senior Advisor, United States. Delegation, Space World Administrative Radio Conference Preparatory Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 1984.
Senior Advisor, United States. Delegation, Space World Administrative Radio Conference, 1985.
Member, United States.
Delegations, United States.-Mexico and United States.-Japan Bilateral Consultations on Telecommunications Issues, Mexico City and Tokyo, 1984. President, New Mexico Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 1976-1977. President-Elect, Albuquerque Bar Association, 1980-1981.
Member, National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council of the National Institute of Health, 1989-1992.
Chairman, District of Columbia, Mayoral Transition Team for District of Columbia Public Service Commission and Office of the People"s Counsel, 1990. Member, Executive Board and Board of Management, International Diabetes Foundation, 1994.
Member, Board of Directors, Benton Foundation, 1993. President, Federal Communications Bar Association, 1995-1996.
Member, Advanced Television Field Test Technical Oversight Committee, 1992.
Member, Archdiocesan Legal Network, 1993-1996. International Telecommunications Satellite Organization Panel of Legal Experts, 1997. Member, Board of Directors of STARSYS Global Positioning, Incorporated., 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Federal-State Joint Board, 1982-1985. Member, Board on Telecommunications & Computer Applications, an agency of the National Research Council, 1986-1990. Telecommunications Advisor, United States.
Department of State, 1987.
Member, United States West-New Mexico Executive Board, 1987-1996. Vice-Chairman, Foundation for Minority Interests in Media, Incorporated., 1987.
Vice-Chairman, Federal Communication Commission High Definition Television Advisory Group 2 (Consumer/Trade Issues) 1987-1996. Senior Advisor, United States.
Delegation, International Telecommunications Union Plenipotentiary Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 1982.
Senior Advisor, United States. Delegation, Space World Administrative Radio Conference Preparatory Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 1984. Senior Advisor, United States.
Delegation, Space World Administrative Radio Conference, 1985.
Member, United States. Delegations, United States.-Mexico and United States.-Japan Bilateral Consultations on Telecommunications Issues, Mexico City and Tokyo, 1984.
President, New Mexico Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 1976-1977. President-Elect, Albuquerque Bar Association, 1980-1981.
Member, National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council of the National Institute of Health, 1989-1992.
Chairman, District of Columbia, Mayoral Transition Team for District of Columbia Public Service Commission and Office of the People"s Counsel, 1990. Member, Executive Board and Board of Management, International Diabetes Foundation, 1994. Member, Board of Directors, Benton Foundation, 1993.
President, Federal Communications Bar Association, 1995-1996.
Member, Advanced Television Field Test Technical Oversight Committee, 1992. Member, Archdiocesan Legal Network, 1993-1996.
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization Panel of Legal Experts, 1997. Member, Board of Directors of STARSYS Global Positioning, Incorporated., 1993.
