Shana M. Broussard is an American attorney who served as the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2021.
[1] Broussard was born on the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara, California, and raised in Louisiana.
[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.
[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.