ALTS Pres. John Windhausen stepped down Tues., saying the decisio...
ALTS Pres. John Windhausen stepped down Tues., saying the decision to leave was mutual and “amicable.” The departure came a week after a private ALTS document containing lobbying strategy landed on the FCC’s website as an ex parte filing…
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(CD Oct 4 p3). The filing was an “honest mistake” by an attorney representing ALTS, Windhausen said, but he acknowledged in answer to a question that the mistake figured into his leaving. With the many issues “confronting the industry, we can’t afford any distractions,” he said, adding that the outing of Windhausen’s strategy “could have been a hindrance.” Windhausen said he wants to take some time off and has “lots of ideas of new activities.” “When you're in politics, these things happen.” Julia Strow, Cbeyond vp for regulatory and legislative affairs, will be acting president while the ALTS executive committee searches for a new president. Windhausen came to ALTS in Jan. 1999 after 3 years at the former Competition Policy Institute. Before that he worked for Sen. Hollings (D-S.C.) as senior Democratic counsel for the Senate Commerce Committee.