Rachelle B. Chong

Rachelle B. Chong (born June 22, 1959) is an American attorney and former government official who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1994 to 1997.

Chong is the great-grandniece of Hong Yen Chang, an immigrant from modern-day Guangdong, China who became the first Chinese-American attorney.

According to Variety, amid uncertainty about whether she would be re-appointed to the FCC, Chong "took the unusual step of publicly campaigning for reappointment".

The effort was reportedly controversial among organizations such as the conservative National Taxpayers Union (NTU), who wrote to Chong that they were "deeply disturbed by reports… that you are asking industry groups to support your nomination".

[3] As a member of the PUC, Chong was credited with helping to deregulate most landline services operating in California, a measure supported by AT&T and Verizon.

[14] In this capacity, she would return to the FCC in 2008 as a member of the agency's Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services, alongside five other state utilities officials.