FCC Announces Changes In Office Of Chairman Wheeler

The Federal Communications Commission announced the appointment of Louisa Terrell as Advisor to Chairman Tom Wheeler. In addition, the FCC announced that Sagar Doshi will be leaving the Office of the Chairman.

She will lead a number of long-term planning initiatives and will serve as a liaison with federal agencies and stakeholders. Terrell was most recently Sen Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) Chief of Staff. Previously, she served as Facebook’s Director of Policy, focusing on wide range of issues including privacy and online safety, and at Yahoo! Terrell served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs from 2009 to 2011.

Terrell was counsel for Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the Senate Judiciary Committee staff, and from 2006 to 2008 was the Senator’s Deputy Chief of Staff. Raised in Wilmington, Terrell earned her bachelor’s degree at Tufts University and her law degree at Boston College Law School, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Boyle, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.