Chief of Staff to FCC Commissioner Clyburn Exits

Chanelle Hardy, chief of staff and media legal advisor to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn of the Federal Communications Commission has left the FCC, apparently, with an announcement expected soon. Succeeding her will be Holly Saurer, who has been detailed on a temporary basis from the Media Bureau, where she is associate bureau chief.

Hardy had been chief of staff since May 1, when she succeeded Adonis Hoffman. She had been senior VP for policy at the National Urban League and director of its Washington bureau. There have been rumblings inside and outside the building that Commissioner Clyburn might want to exit the FCC to run for her father's, Rep James Clyburn (D-SC), seat in Congress, though a source close to the commissioner had downplayed that.