FCC Commissioner Starks Announces Staff Changes

Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks announced the following staff changes:

• Justin Faulb has joined the office as Wireline and National Security Advisor. Previously, Faulb served as Associate Bureau Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, overseeing the implementation of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act and other national security, privacy, numbering, and pricing issues.
• Diane Holland, Starks’s previous advisor for media and consumer protection issues, has moved to the Wireline Competition Bureau to serve as a Deputy Bureau Chief. Austin Bonner will now advise Starks on media and consumer protection issues.
• Morgan Bodenarain is joining the office as Legal Advisor, where she will focus on issues of digital equity. She most recently worked in the office of Congressman G K Butterfield (D-NC), where she managed his Communications and Technology policy portfolio. Bodenarain will succeed Special Advisor Dr. Alisa Valentin, who is departing the FCC for the non-profit space.