President Clinton last week announced his intention to nominate Susan Ness to the FCC. (Federal Communications Commission) (Washington Watch) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1994

President Clinton last week announced his intention to nominate Susan Ness to the FCC. The 45-year-old former media lender would fill the Democratic seat left vacant by Ervin Duggan, who left to become president of the Public Broadcasting Service. Ness is close to the Clintons and was an active Clinton-Gore campaign fundraiser in Montgomery County, Md. That is where Ness lives with her husband, Lawrence Schneider, an international trade lawyer with the Washington law firm of Arnold & Porter, and their two children.

From 1983 to 1992, Ness was in the media lending division at American Security Bank. She administered loans in the areas of broadcast and cable TV, small telephone, cellular telephone and paging. She was responsible for roughly half the $500...

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