Chairman Carr Announces Retirement of Managing Director Mark Stephens

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr congratulated Managing Director Mark Stephens on his retirement following his decades of outstanding service. The FCC’s Managing Director provides oversight of the agency’s budget and financial programs, human resources, contracts, purchasing, communications, computer services, physical space, security, and distribution of official FCC documents. Mark Stephens was first hired by the FCC as an auditor in the Common Carrier Bureau in 1991. In 2007, he was named Chief Financial Officer and, in 2016, he became Managing Director. During his nearly four decades of federal service, he received the 2024 Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Excellence in Government Service Award; FCC Meritorious Service Medal (Silver Award) in 2006 for sustained exceptional accomplishments related to the mission and objectives of the Commission; and the FCC Distinguished Service Medal (Gold Award) in 2012 for sustained extraordinary accomplishments related to the mission and objectives of the Commission.