Khan Appoints Chief Technologist, Public Affairs Director

FTC Chair Lina Khan named her chief technology officer and a new public affairs director, the agency announced Tuesday. Stephanie Nguyen will be chief technology officer and Douglas Farrar will be public affairs director. Nguyen worked in an acting capacity in the same role since October 2021 and previously worked at the White House and as a research scientist at MIT. Farrar previously worked as vice president-communications and strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and worked for the House Appropriations Committee.