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New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces staff appointments

Brendan Carr. (Graphic by The Desk)
Brendan Carr. (Graphic by The Desk)

Brendan Carr, the newly-minted Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), announced around a dozen new staff appointments on Tuesday, one of his first official acts in the new position.

Scott Delacourt has been named the Chief of Staff for the FCC, where he will direct the agency’s strategic initiatives, management, policy and operations. Delacourt joins the agency from Wiley Rein, a law firm that assists media organizations with FCC investigations, where he served as a partner and the Chairman of the Wireless Practice Group.



Delacourt is no stranger to the FCC, having served in various leadership roles in the past, including Deputy Bureau Chief and Chief of Staff for the FCC’s Wireless Bureau, Senior Counsel in the Office of General Counsel, and Legal Advisor to the Wireless Bureau Chief.

Additionally, Greg Watson has been named Chief of Staff in Carr’s office, where he will oversee all policy and strategic initiatives, communications and operations on behalf of Carr. Watson will also regularly engage with senior staff members in Congress and the Executive Branch, acting as a liaison between them and Carr’s office. He previously served as a Policy Advisor for Carr; before joining the agency, he was an advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the first Trump administration.



Carr also announced the following appointments:

  • Arpan Sura, Senior Counsel, Spectrum and Technology
  • Danielle Thumann, Senior Counsel, Wireline, Public Safety and Consumer Protection
  • Erin Boone, Senior Counsel, Media and Enforcement
  • Adam Chan, National Security Council
  • Anthony Patrone, Legal Advisor
  • Callie Coker, Legal Advisor
  • Matt Mittelstaedt, Director of the Office of Legal Affairs
  • Drema Johnson, Confidential Assistant

Carr’s office said additional appointments are expected to be announced in the near future.



Carr was appointed the Chairman of the FCC on Monday, fulfilling one of then President-elect Donald Trump’s earliest pledges after he won the 2024 presidential election last November. Trump was sworn into a second, non-consecutive term as President of the United States earlier this week.

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