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About Ralph B. Everett
- Ralph B.
- Everett (born June 23, 1951) was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a leading African American think tank, from 2007 until 2013.A native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Everett graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Morehouse College, earned a law degree from Duke University Law School, then became a lawyer in the North Carolina Department of Labor in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1982, Everett was appointed the Democratic staff director and minority chief counsel of the U.S.
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, becoming the first African American to head the staff of a Senate committee.
- In 1986, he was named Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the full committee, where he played a significant role in cable, broadcast and common carrier legislation. In 1989, Everett became the first African American partner at the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker.
- In 1998 he was appointed as U.S.
- Ambassador to the International Telecommunication Union’s Plenipotentiary Conference in Minneapolis.
- That year he also led the U.S.
- delegation to the ITU’s second World Telecommunication Development Conference in Malta.Everett has served on several boards, including those of the National Urban League and the Center for National Policy.
- As of early 2007, he was on the boards of directors for Cumulus Media Inc.
- and the Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.
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