NTIA Announces Additions to Senior Leadership under Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it is continuing to build out its senior leadership following the confirmation of Alan Davidson as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. April McClain-Delaney, formerly the Washington Director of Common Sense Media, has been named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. Andy Berke, former mayor of Chattanooga (TN), is joining NTIA as a special representative for broadband. April McClain-Delaney has more than 30 years’ experience in communications law, regulatory affairs, and advocacy across a broad spectrum of private sector and non-profit engagements. She most recently served as Washington Director and board member for Common Sense Media and a director of the Delaney Charitable Foundation. Andy Berke served as the mayor of Chattanooga (TN) from 2013 to 2021. Under his leadership, Chattanooga established several digital equity programs, including Tech Goes Home, which offers technology training, skills, and access to families. At the end of his term, Mayor Berke led a partnership to provide high-speed broadband at no cost to every family with a child on free or reduced lunch, making Chattanooga the first community in the country with such a benefit.