FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Announces New Staff

New Federal Communications Commission member Jessica Rosenworcel announced the appointment of Alexander Hoehn-Saric as Policy Director, with primary responsibility for media and technology issues. Alexander Hoehn-Saric joins the Office of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel from the United States Department of Commerce, where he served as Deputy General Counsel for Strategic Initiatives. In this position, he served as the principal advisor to the General Counsel on Internet privacy, security, technology and intellectual property matters.

Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Hoehn-Saric served as Senior Counsel for the Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee and Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. In this role, he worked with members of the Committee on legislation involving Internet privacy and consumer protection, as well as oversight of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Commerce. He also served as counsel for the Communications, Technology, and Internet Subcommittee. Before joining the Committee, Hoehn-Saric served as counsel for Senator Barbara Boxer. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, he worked in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell. Hoehn-Saric also clerked for the Honorable Benson Everett Legg of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.