The Federal Communications Commission tapped Barbara Esbin to serve as deputy chief of the agency's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
Esbin will oversee the Bureau's Office of Native Affairs and Policy and its Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, focusing on productive engagement with Native Nations and with state and local governments, according to a Nov. 27 news release.
Esbin previously served the FCC for more than 14 years. Her stints with the FCC included senior positions in the Enforcement Bureau, Media Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the former Common Carrier and Cable Services Bureaus.
She also has 15 years of experience in private practice, where she was a partner at Cinnamon Mueller, a senior staffer at the Progress and Freedom Foundation and a partner at Dow Lohnes and Albertson.
