Chairman Pai Names Dana Shaffer As Deputy Bureau Chief Of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has named Dana Shaffer as deputy bureau chief and chief of staff of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Shaffer most recently served as the FCC’s Deputy Managing Director. Shaffer will work closely with Wireless Chief Donald Stockdale, with whom she served in her previous position as Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau.

She has served in numerous other leadership positions at the FCC, including Deputy Chief of the Enforcement Bureau, Deputy Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and legal advisor to Commissioners Tate and McDowell. She joined the FCC in 2006 as Deputy Chief of the Wireline bureau after a decade as vice president and regulatory counsel for NextLink, LLC (XO Communications). During that time, she also served as President of both the Tennessee Telecommunications Association and the Southeastern Competitive Carriers Association. Dana graduated from the University of Arkansas and earned her J.D., Order of the Coif, from Vanderbilt University.