Carr Names More Acting Chiefs; FCC Mum on Fate of Diversity Offices, Space Bureau
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced acting leadership for a number of bureau offices Friday but not for the offices of Workplace Diversity or Communications Business Opportunities. An executive order that President Donald Trump issued Monday that ends federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts could affect those offices and their staff, industry and FCC officials told us. Neither office was mentioned in Carr’s release Monday announcing the shuttering of other FCC diversity efforts (see 2501210070). The FCC didn’t respond to repeated inquiries about those offices' fate. Office of Workplace Diversity staff were present at an all-hands meeting that Carr held Thursday, FCC employees told us.
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Carr’s release Friday named Tom Sullivan, who formerly led the FCC International Bureau, as acting chief of the Office of International Affairs, which hasn’t had a permanent chief since the death of its first, Ethan Lucarelli, in May 2024. At the Office of Engineering and Technology, Ira Keltz remains acting chief engineer, a role he filled under Carr’s predecessor, Jessica Rosenworcel. Catherine Matraves will serve as acting chief of the Office of Economics and Analytics, as she also did under Rosenworcel. Katie Gorscak, who served in the Office of Media Relations under Rosenworcel, will now take on the role of acting director. Gorscak replaces former Director Paloma Perez Christie, who left the agency.
Still unnamed is leadership for the FCC Space Bureau. Space industry executives told us current Chief Julie Kearney is leaving early next month. The agency and Kearney didn't comment. An out-of-office email from Kearney said she is out until Feb. 3 and bureau Chief of Staff Kerry Murray is acting chief. One space industry executive told us a permanent chief has been hired, and the agency apparently is holding off on announcing it for now. The new chief is currently in the private sector but has FCC experience, we're told. Kearney is the first -- and so far sole -- chief for the bureau, which was created in 2023 when the International Bureau was reorganized into the Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs.