| Shana Broussard | |
| Office: | Chair of the Federal Election Commission |
| President: | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2021 |
| Term End: | December 31, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | James E. Trainor III |
| Successor: | Allen Dickerson |
| Office1: | Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission |
| President1: | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Term Start1: | December 15, 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Ann Ravel |
| Birth Place: | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| 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]