FCC Commissioner Clyburn announces Staff Change

Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn announced the departure of Angie Kronenberg and the appointment of Rebekah Goodheart as Acting Wireline Legal Advisor. Kronenberg has been serving as Clyburn’s Wireline Legal Advisor since December 2009 and has provided advice on a wide variety of wireline, broadband, disabilities access, and universal service matters.

Rebekah Goodheart has worked at the Commission since January 2008, most recently serving as Deputy Director of the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force and Associate Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau. She previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the Omnibus Broadband Initiative, developing many of the recommendations in National Broadband Plan. She also served as Assistant Division Chief in the Industry Analysis Division of the Media Bureau. Prior to joining the Commission, Rebekah served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division in the Telecommunications and Media Enforcement Section, and was an associate at the law firm Wiley Rein LLP. Rebekah holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and a B.S.F.S., cum laude, from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.