Commission Welcomes Cary Hinton, Management Analyst
to Commissioner Betty Ann Kane
CARY B. HINTON
Commissioner
Betty Ann Kane has selected Cary Hinton to serve as her Management
Analyst, effective May 14, 2007. Cary has worked on wireline
and wireless telecommunications policy issues for over 20
years. He was employed by the Sprint Corporation for 14 years
as a Regional Director for State and Local Government Affairs.
In that position, he advocated Sprint’s policy and legislative
recommendations before state and local legislators and government
officials in the eastern states and the District of Columbia.
Prior to joining Sprint, Cary was the Director of State and
Local Government Affairs for the United States Telephone Association,
the national association of local telephone companies. He
advocated the USTA’s federal regulatory and legislative
policies to state and local regulatory, legislative and government
officials. Cary worked several years for the Bell Atlantic
Corporation as a Manager for State Government Relations where
he coordinated the development and advocacy of bi-jurisdictional
federal-state regulatory policies.
Previously, Cary was the Staff Economist for the Telecommunications Section of the Utah Division of Public Utilities for five years. In that capacity, he advised the Utah Public Service Commission on federal regulatory, legislative and judicial issues and their impact on the state's regulation of telecommunications companies and on rate design and service quality issues for the state's local and long distance telecommunications companies.
On behalf of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, he served as the staff assistant to the Chairman of the State Delegations to the FCC's Federal-State Joint Boards on Access Charges and on Universal Service.
Cary received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Affairs from the University of Southern California and a Master of Science degree in Resource Policy and Management from the University of Michigan. He received post-graduate education at the University of Southern California's School of Public Administration and Michigan State University's Institute of Public Utilities. Cary also served as a Director for the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University Business School.
Commissioner
Betty Ann Kane has selected Cary Hinton to serve as her Management
Analyst, effective May 14, 2007. Cary has worked on wireline
and wireless telecommunications policy issues for over 20
years. He was employed by the Sprint Corporation for 14 years
as a Regional Director for State and Local Government Affairs.
In that position, he advocated Sprint’s policy and legislative
recommendations before state and local legislators and government
officials in the eastern states and the District of Columbia.
