The office within the Federal Communications Commission charged with administration and management of the agency is seeing a change in leadership. That’s because Mark Stephens has retired, leading Chairman Brendan Carr to praise him for his “decades of outstanding service.”
With Stephens leaving the Office of the Managing Director for a little rest and relaxation away from the Commission, who will now provide oversight of the agency’s budget and financial programs, human resources, contracts, purchasing, communications, computer services, physical space, security, and distribution of official FCC documents?
Look no further than Deputy Managing Director Daniel Daly, who is being promoted. He has two decades of leadership experience and has Chairman Carr’s full blessing.
“The Office of Managing Director is the linchpin of FCC operations, and I am grateful that Dan Daly has agreed to take on this vital position and lead the outstanding team in OMD,” Carr said. “Dan brings deep experience and expertise to this role, and I look forward to continuing to work with him. He has long been a leading steward of agency finances and manager of its complex operations, and I am certain he will excel in this important new position.”
Daly has served as Senior Counsel for Financial Operations; Chief of Staff; and, most recently, Deputy Managing Director since 2022. He also served as Acting Chief of Staff of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in 2008 and as Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform from 2002 to 2006.
Speaking of Stephens, who was first hired by the FCC as an auditor in the Common Carrier Bureau in 1991, Carr commented, “With 35 years of service at the FCC, to say Mark Stephens will be missed at the FCC is a huge understatement. For the last decade, he has had one job comprised of a thousand jobs: keep the FCC running and in strong fiscal shape. In short: he has succeeded. In fact, he has excelled through the agency’s busy times and shutdowns alike. In the last year, he has been an invaluable counsel to my office, and I want to thank him for his tremendous work and outstanding leadership. I wish him all the best in his retirement.”
