FTC confirms two members as its board returns to full strength

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On March 8, the FTC announced the confirmation of two new commissioners: Andrew N. Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak. Additionally, current Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter received a confirmation vote for a second term. Newcomers Ferguson and Holyoak were nominated by President Biden and will serve until September 25, 2025; Slaughter will serve until the same date in 2029. Ferguson had previously been working as solicitor general of Virginia, and before that he was chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and as Republican counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Holyoak was most recently solicitor general with the Utah Attorney General’s Office. Before that, she served as president and general counsel of a D.C.-based public interest law firm.

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