FirstNet Chair Leaving for White House Post
FirstNet Authority Chairman Stephen Benjamin is leaving the authority after being named a senior adviser to President Joe Biden and director of the Office of Public Engagement. Benjamin “will oversee the White House Office of Public Engagement, which works at…
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the local, state, and national levels to ensure community leaders, diverse perspectives, and new voices have the opportunity to inform the work of the President in an inclusive, transparent and responsible way,” the White House said. Benjamin is the former mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, and president of both the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the African American Mayors Association. He became chair of the authority in 2021. He replaces former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the public engagement position.