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COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGE:
ANGELA GIANCARLO, CHIEF OF STAFF, TO LEAVE FCC
Federal Communications Commissioner Robert M. McDowell announced today that his Chief of 
Staff, Angela Giancarlo, will step down in February.  Erin McGrath, Legal Advisor for media 
issues, has acquired the wireless, international and public safety portfolio.  
Commissioner McDowell said of the announcement, “As my Chief of Staff, Angela has played 
an indispensable role in developing and establishing American communications technology 
policies covering the wireless, media and broadband Internet sectors, in addition to international 
policy matters.  Angela has worked tirelessly on many key proceedings, including: auction and 
licensing rules for the 700 MHz spectrum band, media ownership, unlicensed use within the TV 
white spaces, public safety spectrum operations, promotion of wireless medical body area 
technologies, universal service contribution reform, and countless transactions involving 
satellite, media and wireless licenses.  Our nation’s communications consumers have benefited 
from Angela’s outstanding judgment and substantive expertise, not to mention her boundless 
energy throughout her eight years of government service.  Our office will miss her strategic 
vision, creativity and sense of humor.  I wish her every success as she transitions to the next step 
in her career.”
Ms. Giancarlo has served as Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner 
McDowell since 2007.  Prior to joining Commissioner McDowell, she was Associate Chief for 
Spectrum Policy in the Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division of the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau.  Prior to her service at the Commission, she practiced 
telecommunications law in the Washington, D.C. office of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (now Hogan 
Lovells), where her primary focus was advising clients on commercial and private wireless 
regulation, auction-related transactional matters and strategic planning on spectrum allocations. 
Ms. Giancarlo is an active member of the Federal Communications Bar Association.  She began 
her career in the congressional office of former U.S. Representative Jack Kemp (R-NY), serving 
in a number of capacities over the course of four years.  Ms. Giancarlo received a Bachelor of 
Arts degree in political science from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and a Juris Doctor 
degree from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America.
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