Biden Transition Team Names People to Help Oversee Switchover at DOC, FTC
The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris presidential transition team named members of transition teams through the government. They included volunteers at some agencies, such as the FTC, and departments including Commerce and Justice. An FCC team wasn't listed but one may be forthcoming (see here).
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The team leader for the FTC is Heather Hippsley, who recently retired as the agency's deputy general counsel. Other members are Bill Baer from the Brookings Institution and Laura Moy from Georgetown University.
The University of Pittsburgh's Geovette Washington leads the team at the Commerce Department. Others on that team, and their most recent affiliations, are: Joshua Berman, Clifford Chance law firm; Colleen Chien, Santa Clara University; Tene Dolphin, Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce; Michelle DuBois, Values Partnerships; Anna Gomez, Wiley law firm; Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Third Way; Karen Hyun, National Audubon Society; Charmion Kinder, CNKinder; Paul Laudicina, Global Counsel; Nancy Potok; Pravina Raghavan, Empire State Development; Denice Ross, National Conference on Citizenship; Kris Sarri, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation; Mary Saunders, American National Standards Institute; Patrick Schaefer, state of New Mexico; Kathryn Sullivan, retired from NOAA; Atman Trivedi, Hills & Co.; Todd Tucker, Roosevelt Institute; Arun Venkataraman, Visa; and Kathryn de Wit, Pew Charitable Trusts.
DOJ's cohort is led by Christopher Schroeder, Duke University. These individuals also will review the Federal Election Commission, among other entities.
People on the Justice team, and their most recent affiliations, are Roy Austin, with Harris Wiltshire; Matt Axelrod, Linklaters; Michael Bosworth, Latham & Watkins; Afua Bruce, DataKind; James Cadogan, Arnold Ventures; Melanca Clark; Hudson-Webber Foundation; Danielle Conley, WilmerHale; Raj De, Mayer Brown; Chai Feldblum, Morgan Lewis; Shirlethia Franklin, Jones Day; Larry Gold, Trister Ross; Kathleen Hartnett, Cooley; Rocio Inclan-Rodriguez, National Education Association; Dawn Johnsen, Indiana University Maurer School of Law; Pam Karlan, Stanford University; Gene Kimmelman, Public Knowledge; Richard Lazarus, Harvard Law School; Martin Lederman, Georgetown University Law Center; Neil MacBride, Davis Polk; Alexander Mackler, Delaware DOJ; Teresa Mason, Bronx District Attorney’s Office; Barb McQuade, University of Michigan Law School; Jose Morales, Fair Fight Action; Brian Nelson, 2028 Summer Olympics; Cristina Rodriguez, Yale Law School; Kris Rose, Healing Justice Project; Lynn Rosenthal; Center for Family Safety and Healing; and Paul Tiao, Hunton Andrews.
The transition team didn't immediately answer our questions, including about when and if an FCC team will be named. The Commerce Department and DOJ didn't comment right away on whether they will cooperate with the administration changeover volunteers. NTIA referred us its parent department.