Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan Announces Senior Agency Leaders

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan announced the appointment of two senior agency leaders: General Counsel Anisha Dasgupta and Office of Policy Planning Director Elizabeth Wilkins. Anisha Dasgupta comes to the FTC from the Office of the New York State Attorney General, where she has served since 2014 as Deputy Solicitor General. Prior to that, Dasgupta was an appellate attorney with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. Before joining the FTC, Elizabeth Wilkins served as Senior Advisor to the White House Chief of Staff. Prior to that, she worked in several senior leadership roles at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, including Senior Counsel for Policy and Chief of Staff. Reilly Dolan, who served as Acting General Counsel prior to Dasgupta’s appointment, has returned to his previous post as Principal Deputy General Counsel. Kelly Signs, who served as Acting OPP Director prior to Wilkins’s arrival, has returned to the Bureau of Competition’s Office of Policy and Coordination as Assistant Director.