Patricia K. McCormick, Ph.D. (1995), is Associate Professor of Communication at Wayne State University. Her research, which examines telecommunications and space policy issues, has been published in Telecommunications Policy, Gazette International Journal for Communications Studies, and Science and Public Policy.Maury Mechanick, JD (1976), is Counsel at White & Case LLP. While a senior executive at COMSAT Corporation, he served as the U.S. Governor to INTELSAT and as Chairman of the INTELSAT Board of Governors at the time of privatisation.