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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

Shana M. Broussard

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Commissioner Broussard was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 92-4 on December 9, 2020, becoming the first African American to serve as an FEC Commissioner. She served as Chair in 2021 and again starting in July 2025.

She is a mission-driven legal and policy strategist with extensive experience in advocacy, regulatory compliance, government affairs, policymaking, operational excellence, and ethical governance. Commissioner Broussard is recognized as a coveted speaker and thought leader on federal campaign finance law.

Commissioner Broussard focuses on building bipartisan consensus and stakeholder engagement. She cultivates cross-party alliances to advance rulemaking and policy reforms, fostering productive collaboration on critical issues in campaign finance. For example, Commissioner Broussard led bipartisan efforts to modernize Federal Election Campaign Act regulations, which improved transparency in digital political advertising by streamlining internet disclaimer rules and resolving an 11-year rulemaking deadlock. She has also advanced bipartisan cooperation to address evolving challenges in campaign finance law, including addressing foreign nationals’ participation in ballot initiatives.

Since serving as a Commissioner, Commissioner Broussard passed regulations with bipartisan consensus that enable candidates and officeholders to use their federal campaign funds for certain security measures, allow candidates to draw salaries from their campaign funds so that every American can run for office, require new disclaimers for communications posted online, and modernize the regulations to reflect technological advancements. She also led a bipartisan effort to publish an interpretative rule about artificial intelligence that confirmed the Commission’s regulations are technology neutral. When she first started as Chair in 2021, she reduced the backlog of enforcement matters accrued when the Commission lost quorum by hundreds of matters in one calendar year. She also significantly improved internal processes by implementing standard procedures for enforcement investigations and enhancing data capabilities that can aid the public’s ability to identify “Scam PACs.” Additionally, Commissioner Broussard reinstated bipartisan legislative recommendations, which resulted in Congress codifying a ten-year expansion of compliance enforcement mechanisms in 2023.

With over 15 years’ experience at the FEC, Commissioner Broussard previously served as Counsel for FEC Commissioner Steven T. Walther from 2015 until her own appointment as Commissioner in 2020. She first joined the Commission in 2008 as an attorney in the Enforcement Division of the Office of General Counsel.

Commissioner Broussard previously was an Attorney Advisor at the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Professional Responsibility, and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel at the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board. She also worked as a New Orleans Assistant District Attorney and was appointed in that role to the Violent Offenders Strike Force.

Commissioner Broussard is a proud alumna of two historically black universities (HBCUs); she earned her B.A. from Dillard University and her J.D. cum laude from Southern University Law Center.

An active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Commissioner Broussard has focused on making a positive impact on the Northern Virginia community. Commissioner Broussard served as the Second Vice President of the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter of the sorority, Chair of its Health Committee, and Co-Chair of its Risk Management Committee. From 2015-2018, Commissioner Broussard led Project Esther, the chapter’s signature community service event dedicated to empowering women and children on their pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence, and sexual assault. She is also the recipient of the NAACP 2015 Juneteenth Celebration Trailblazer Award for Terrebonne Parish in recognition of her achievement as the first African American attorney from Gibson, Louisiana.

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A Conversation with FEC Commissioner Shana Broussard, J.D. Supra podcast, June 22, 2022

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