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For Immediate Release
FCC CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES
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WASHINGTON, October 27, 2016 – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced today the 
appointment of Lisa Hone as legal advisor to the Chairman with responsibility for wireline
telecommunications issues, and the departure of Stephanie Weiner.   Hone begins work in the 
Chairman’s office in November.
“Lisa has been an outstanding asset here at the Commission for a number of years and I am 
grateful for her willingness to take on this new role,” said Chairman Wheeler. “Her superb 
counsel has been essential to our work on many of our most important – and complex – policy 
issues. Her leadership and wisdom on issues like E-rate and broadband consumer privacy have 
been invaluable. She’s a shining example of the expertise we have in this agency.”
Ms. Hone has most recently served as an associate bureau chief in the FCC’s Wireline 
Competition Bureau (WCB). She has also served as a legal advisor for former Commissioner 
Michael J. Copps and as a deputy division chief in the Telecommunications Access Policy 
Division in WCB. Prior to joining the staff of the FCC in 2010, Ms. Hone worked at the Federal 
Trade Commission where she conducted and supervised federal court litigation and rulemaking 
proceedings involving a wide array of consumer protection issues. Ms. Hone has also worked in 
the U.S. Senate (on detail from the FTC) and in private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell in 
New York City.  Ms. Hone earned her law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles 
and earned a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University.
Chairman Wheeler also said, “Stephanie’s departure is a huge loss for the Commission as a 
whole, and for my office in particular. While her impact has been substantial in a great many 
areas, she played a key role not only in crafting the Commission Open Internet decision, but in 
defending that decision in the Court of Appeals.  Stephanie’s work is a key reason that the Open 
Internet rules are in place today, protecting consumers and innovation. As my senior legal 
advisor, Stephanie’s superior substantive expertise, intellect and good counsel were evident as we 
worked through a number of important wireline topics, including Lifeline, Rate-of-Return 
Universal Service, and Consumer Broadband Privacy. We will miss her greatly.”
Ms. Weiner has been at the Commission since 2013, serving as senior legal advisor to the 
Chairman and, prior to that, in the FCC’s Office of General Counsel. Ms. Weiner has served in 
senior legal positions with Neustar, Inc.; the U.S. Department of Energy; the FCC’s Wireline 
Competition Bureau; and as an associate at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP. Ms. Weiner earned 
a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law, a master's from the University of 
Chicago, and a bachelor’s from Brown University.
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