Dana Shaffer has been promoted to deputy bureau chief and chief of staff of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. She was most recently the Commission’s Deputy Managing Director.

The bureau develops and executes policies and procedures for fair licensing of all wireless services, ranging from fixed microwave links to broadband data services on mobile phones. It oversees nearly two million licenses, conducts auctions to award services licenses, and manages the tower registration process. Chairman Ajit Pai said Shaffer’s “keen insight into universal service issues will be invaluable” as the FCC prepares to launch a Mobility Fund II reverse auction to support deployment of 4G LTE mobile service and help bridge the digital divide.

Shaffer will work closely with Wireless Chief Donald Stockdale, with whom she worked in her previous position as Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau. She has held numerous other leadership positions at the agency, including Deputy Chief of the Enforcement Bureau and Deputy Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

She joined the FCC in 2006 as Deputy Chief of the Wireline Bureau after a decade as vice president and regulatory counsel for NextLink, LLC (XO Communications). During that time, she was also President of both the Tennessee Telecommunications Association and the Southeastern Competitive Carriers Association.