Dan Gonzalez is a Managing Director in the Washington, DC office of IGR Group, the government relations arm of Mercury Public Affairs. Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Mr. Gonzalez served for nearly four years as Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Chairman Kevin J. Martin and served for over a decade in various senior staff positions throughout the FCC.
As Chief of Staff, Mr. Gonzalez managed all aspects of the agency’s operations and directed the FCC staff in implementing all components of the agency’s mission including broadband, media, wireless and wireline telephone services, enforcement, consumer issues and public safety/homeland security communications issues. Before being elevated to the Chief of Staff post, Mr. Gonzalez was then-Commissioner Martin’s Senior Legal Advisor, advising him generally on wireline, enforcement and consumer issues.
In between his government service, Mr. Gonzalez was Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs for XO Communications, formerly NEXTLINK. Mr. Gonzalez was responsible for government relations and regulatory issues for the competitive local exchange venture founded by entrepreneur Craig McCaw.
During his previous tenure at the FCC, Mr. Gonzalez served as Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Rachelle B. Chong. He was principally responsible for advising the Commissioner on common carrier issues. Prior to that position, Mr. Gonzalez also served as Legal Advisor to the Common Carrier Bureau Chief, senior attorney in the Common Carrier Bureau’s Accounting and Audits Division, and attorney in the Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau.
Dan is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law and earned his B.A. from the State University of New York. Mr. Gonzalez is a member of the New York and Florida Bars.