Starks Shakes Up Staff
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks is making staff changes, including a new wireline adviser, and new legal adviser, said a news release Thursday. Former Wireline Associate Bureau Chief Justin Faulb is Starks’ newest adviser; he previously had multiple roles at the…
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agency, including as designated federal officer of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. “He is one of the Commission’s leading experts on supply chain security,” said Starks in the release. Faulb’s wireline experience will come in handy on “securing our communications networks, increasing deployment, and achieving digital equity,” Starks said. Starks’ Media and Consumer Protection Adviser Diane Holland is moving to a position as deputy bureau chief in the Wireline Bureau and will be replaced by Austin Bonner, who had been Starks’ legal adviser, wireline and public safety. “Diane brought to my office a depth of knowledge and experience that will be hard to replace,” Starks said. Morgan Bodenarain, a former aide to Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., will be Starks’ new legal adviser, focusing on digital equity, the release said. Bodenarain will succeed Special Adviser Alisa Valentin, who's leaving the FCC to work in the “non-profit space,” the release said.