Ms. Webber serves as Deputy Chief of the Global Strategies & Negotiation Division in the FCC's International Bureau, a group which contains three Branches: International Radiocommunication, Multilateral & Regional Affairs, and Cross Border Negotiations & Treaty Compliance. She also serves as Chair of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG). Previously Ms. Webber served as Senior Counselor for International Development at the FCC, Chair of the ITU Development Sector Study Group 1 covering communications policy and regulation, and as Legal Advisor for wireline issues for one FCC Commissioner and two FCC Bureau Chiefs.
Ms. Webber helps develop, advance, and oversee FCC positions and strategy on telecommunications policy, regulatory, and development issues; monitors and analyzes global international trends including priorities in developing countries to build coalitions on telecom issues; and in advancing USA/FCC policy goals, recommends ways for the U.S. government to constructively address diverse views.
Under Ms. Webber's two-term tenure as Chair of ITU-D Study Group 1 (enabling environment, cybersecurity, ICT applications, and Internet-related issues) with 9 sub-groups and nearly 400 unique participants, the groups produced nearly 350 guidelines on communications policy matters for developing countries, including training materials on cybersecurity.
Ms. Webber coordinated the first Global Development Initiative undertaken by an FCC Chairman which over 16 months established working agreements with 11 countries from 4 regions of the world (Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Peru, Argentina, Jamaica, India, Thailand, Philippines, Hungary, Turkey); facilitated a partnership valued at close to USD 1 million with the United States Agency for International Development and the ITU Development Bureau to assist least developed countries (LDCs) emerging from war, civil strife, or natural disaster (Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Sierra Leone); and provided regulatory advice and counsel to support a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) initiative that installed some of the first internet nodes on the continent of Africa (e.g., Gambia, Namibia, Ethiopia).
Licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C., New York, and before the United States Supreme Court, Ms. Webber earned her Juris Doctor Degree from The Howard University School of Law, and her Bachelor of Science Degree from The American University, both in Washington DC.