Shana Broussard | |
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Chair of the Federal Election Commission | |
In office January 1, 2021 –December 31, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | James E. Trainor III |
Succeeded by | Allen Dickerson |
Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission | |
Assumed office December 15,2020 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Ann Ravel |
Personal details | |
Born | Santa Barbara,California,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Dillard University (BA) Southern University (JD) |
Shana M. Broussard is an American attorney who served as the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2021. She has been a Democratic member of the FEC since December 15,2020. [1]
Broussard was born on the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara,California,and raised in Louisiana. [2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dillard University and a Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center. [3]
Broussard was a clerk for a local court in Shreveport,Louisiana,and later clerked for the state appellate court. [4] Broussard served as a New Orleans Assistant District Attorney,and later as an Attorney Advisor at the Internal Revenue Service and a Deputy Disciplinary Counsel at the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board. She served as the counsel to FEC Commissioner Steven T. Walther. [3]
On October 28,2020,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Broussard to serve as a Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, [3] the first Black commissioner of the FEC, [5] to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ann Ravel on March 1,2017. Her nomination was sent to the Senate on October 30,2020, [6] and she was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 92–4 on December 9,2020. [7] She was sworn in on December 15,2020, [8] [9] with her term as Commissioner of the FEC expiring on April 30,2023. On December 22,2020,she was elected chair for the 2021 year. [10] In May 2021,Broussard opposed the FEC's decision not to investigate Donald Trump for allegedly using campaign funds to cover up hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. [11] In June 2023,Broussard voted in favor of a petition requesting that the FEC develop guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in campaign advertisements. [12]