Gigi Sohn
| Gigi B. Sohn | |
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| A photo of Gigi Sohn from the Public Knowledge IP3 awards event in 2012
Sohn in 2012
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| Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission | |
| Assumed office TBA |
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| President | Joe Biden |
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| Spouse(s) | Lara Ballard (m. 2007) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Boston University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Gigi Beth Sohn[1] (born August 2, 1961) is an American lawyer who is the co-founder (with Laurie Racine and David Bollier) of Public Knowledge.[2] She previously worked for the Ford Foundation.[3] In 2013, Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[4] She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election in 2016. In July 2017, she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy, Open Society Foundations, and Mozilla.[5]
Early life and education
Sohn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcasting and film from Boston University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Career
She is a non-resident fellow at the University of Southern California Annenberg Center, and a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Faculty of Law. She has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,. Sohn was executive director of the Media Access Project, a public interest law firm.[6] She is known for her "personal relationships with power players all over the capital."[7]
Sohn is an EFF Pioneer Award winner.[8] In November 2013, she was hired by the FCC as special counsel for external affairs.[4] Sohn is the host of Tech on the Rocks, a podcast focused on media, tech policy and broadband.
In October 2021, President Joe Biden nominated her to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission.[9]
Personal life
Sohn is Jewish and married her wife Lara Ballard in August 2007.[10] Sohn adopted a daughter in 2004.
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