John Wohlstetter's Bio

Professional
1991 — 2000 Director of Technology Affairs, GTE Corporation. Primary responsibility: strategic assessment of technology, regulatory and market trends.

1978 — 1991 Contel Corporation
Corporate and communications law; strategic assessment. Senior Adviser to the Committee on Review of Synchronization, Switching and Network Control in National Security Telecommunications, National Research Council (operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences), 1986-1989. Committee Report: Growing Vulnerability of the Public Switched Networks: Implications for National Security Emergency Preparedness (National Research Council 1989).

1982 Conference Board Congressional Assistant Program (co-sponsored by The Brookings Institution), Senate Budget Committee, Assistant to Chief Economist (Majority Staff - Republican). Analyzed domestic/international economic issues.

1973-1974 Drexel Burnham Lambert
International arbitrage & over-the-counter trading departments.

1969-1973 Goldman Sachs & Co.
International securities arbitrage: European, Japanese & South African shares.

Education
M.A. Public Policy (Telecommunications), The George Washington University 1985
J.D., Fordham University School of Law 1977
B.B.A. (Finance), University of Miami 1969

Community
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction (New York City)
Member, Board of Trustees
Supports Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Tisch (University) Hospital

National Symphony Orchestra Association (Washington, DC)
Member, Board of Directors
National Symphony Orchestra, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Hudson Institute (Indianapolis)
Member, Board of Trustees
Public policy analysis and consulting, focusing on long-term effects

Discovery Institute (Seattle)
Senior Fellow, Technology & Society Program
Public policy analysis, focusing on telecommunications

Billy Rose Foundation
Member, Board of Trustees, since 1996
Arts, health & education purposes in the US; Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Political

Americans for an Effective Presidency 1980
Coalition of Democrats, Republicans & Independents advocating the election of Ronald Reagan, co-chaired by Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (Democrat) & Peter M. Flanigan (Republican); Vice-Chairman Professor W. Scott Thompson, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University (Independent)
Issues Chairman. Placed articles in op-ed pages; wrote white paper on defense.

Mayoral Campaign, Mario M. Cuomo 1977
Special Assistant to Executive Director, Fundraising

 
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