(Another) Venture Capitalist Joins the FCC
Nick Sinai is the latest venture capitalist headed to Washington, where he will serve as Energy and Environmental Director at the Federal Communications Commission. In an email to friends and colleagues, Sinai wrote: President Obama and the Congress have asked the FCC, led by Chairman Julius Genachowski, to form a National Broadband Task Force to deliver a plan to Congress in February 2010. I'll be leading a team that will examine how broadband/communications infrastructure and policies can support our national energy and environmental goals, with an emphasis on the Smart Grid. Sinai most recently was with Tenaya Capital, which he joined as a principal in January 2008. For those not familiar with Tenaya, it's a new firm previously known as Lehman Brothers Venture
