Longtime FCC Staffer Named Acting Chief Economist

Jonathan Levy, an FCC staffer since 1980, is its new acting chief economist with the departure of David Waterman, Chairman Tom Wheeler announced Wednesday. Levy has been deputy chief economist since 2001. Waterman, formerly at Indiana University, held the job for a year. “The chief economist occupies a very important role at the Commission,” Wheeler said in a news release. “We have been very fortunate in recent years to have had very talented economists in-house as crucial advisors.” Levy has been the liaison between the chief economist and the economists in the bureaus and offices at the FCC, the agency said.