Jessica Rosenworcel

Jessica Rosenworcel [she/her] is the former chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She was the first woman confirmed to lead the agency in its nearly 100-year history. During her tenure, she worked to expand access to digital-age communications in order to foster economic growth and security, enhance opportunity, and enrich our civic life.

Under Jessica’s leadership, the FCC focused on making communications more just for more people in more places, adopting a forward-looking vision, with notable actions including creating the first-ever Space Bureau and launching the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a first-of-its-kind consumer labeling program for internet-connected devices. She championed open internet policies and built a national program to connect millions of students caught in the homework gap, who lacked the broadband needed for their schoolwork. She worked to develop the first comprehensive maps of wired and wireless internet infrastructure across the country, which have been used to support broadband in schools, libraries, hospitals, and households nationwide. She also led innovations in spectrum policy, developing new ways to support wireless services from Wi-Fi to video to commercial space launches.

As the first leader of the FCC to address artificial intelligence, Jessica guided the agency’s efforts to prevent voice-cloning fraud and launched initiatives to explore the opportunities of machine learning to improve dynamic spectrum allocation and network resiliency.

Named one of POLITICO’s “50 Politicos to Watch” and profiled by InStyle magazine in a series celebrating “women who show up, speak up, and get things done,” Jessica joined the FCC after serving as senior communications counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, under the leadership of Senators John D. Rockefeller IV and Daniel Inouye. Prior to entering public service, she practiced communications law in Washington, D.C.