Rebecca Kelly Slaughter[1] (born c. 1983) is an American attorney who is a current commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.
Slaughter was previously the acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission from January 21, 2021, to June 15, 2021.
[2] Slaughter was a longtime policy counsel to Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York before accepting the appointment to a Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission in 2018, during the presidency of Donald Trump.
[3] Slaughter was considered for the role of permanent agency chair under President Biden, but the position instead went to Lina Khan.
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