Ann Miller Ravel (born April 6, 1949) is an American attorney who was a Democratic Commissioner on the Federal Election Commission (FEC),[1] an independent regulatory agency created by Congress to administer and enforce campaign finance law.

[11] At the FPPC, Ravel oversaw the regulation of campaign finance, lobbyist registration and reporting, and ethics and conflicts of interest related to officeholders and public employees.

[12] Ravel testified about the case before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee considering the issue of nondisclosure by political groups on April 30, 2014.

"[14] To that end, the FPPC adopted regulations to allow political contributions to be made by text message[15] and created an online, searchable database of California public officials' Statements of Economic Interests.

[19] This project was designed to make the law more understandable to the public, promote easier and less onerous compliance for state and local officials, and ensure that the regulations complied with the governing statutes and courts decisions.

[23] Before joining the FPPC, Ravel was Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Torts and Consumer Litigation in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice.

Ravel represented the county and its elected officials, provided advice on the state Political Reform Act, initiated programs in elder abuse litigation,[26] educational rights,[27] and consumer litigation[28] on behalf of the Santa Clara County government and the community, and joined a group of California municipal attorneys suing to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

[34] Ravel was appointed member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by President Obama on June 21, 2013, and took office on October 25, 2013, after being confirmation by the Senate.

For that reason, next year, I will bring together technologists, social entrepreneurs, policy wonks, politicos, and activists—from across the spectrum—to discuss new and emerging technologies and how the Commission's current approach may or may not fit with future innovations.

[41] Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) then voted to rescind its endorsement of Ravel as a result of refusing to return McManis's campaign donation and her opposition to Proposition 15.