Commissioner Simington Announces Staff Changes

Marco Peraza will join the Office of Federal Communications Commissioner Simington as Wireline Advisor, replacing Carolyn Roddy, who is departing to join the FCC's International Bureau. Erin Boone, Commissioner Simington’s Wireless Advisor, will take over the role of Chief of Staff in addition to her other duties. These changes will go into effect on Tuesday, October 11.

Peraza will serve as Commissioner Simington’s Wireline Advisor and will also handle signal security issues and matters before the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Most recently, he served as law clerk to Judge Michael B. Brennan on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Originally from Miami, Florida, Peraza received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and A.B. in computer science from Dartmouth College. Before law school, Peraza worked as a software engineer at Microsoft, where he focused on operating system security and data protection.

Boone will serve as Commissioner Simington’s Chief of Staff and will continue in her role as Wireless Advisor, also handling matters before the International Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology. Boone most recently served as Deputy Division Chief in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division, where she led a team responsible for matters and rulemakings addressing mobile data and voice services, mobile spectrum holdings, and mobile broadband mapping, among others. Boone also served in the Enforcement and Wireline Competition Bureaus, and worked at TMobile, Clearwire, and Level 3 Communications before her time at the Commission. She earned her law degree from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and her bachelor’s from the University of Texas.