Patrick Webre is the New Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Chief at the FCC

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced a transition in the leadership of the agency’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB). Current Bureau Chief Alison Kutler has decided to leave the agency, and Chairman Pai intends to appoint Patrick Webre as her replacement.

Webre has most recently worked at Jenner & Block in Washington, DC. He served for nine years in several leadership roles at the FCC, including as an Associate Bureau Chief and Chief Programs Officer in CGB, where he helped lead the FCC’s historic transition of broadcast television from analog to digital. He also served as a legal advisor to the chief of the Media Bureau and as an attorney in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Webre has also practiced law in Louisiana, where he earned a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a juris doctorate from Tulane University Law School. Kutler will be moving to the private sector. Her last day at the agency is expected to be Friday, April 14. Webre is expected to take over as Acting Bureau Chief on Monday, April 17.