FTC Names Vedova, Levine as Competition, Consumer Unit Chiefs

The Federal Trade Commission named agency veterans to lead their main divisions overseeing antitrust enforcement and consumer protection.

Holly Vedova will become director of the agency’s Bureau of Competition after being in the role on an acting basis since June.

Samuel A.A. Levine will be director of Bureau of Consumer Protection, also after a three-month stint as acting director.

Vedova, who joined the FTC in 1990, previously worked as an attorney advisor to Commissioner Rohit Chopra. She also has been an attorney advisor to four other FTC commissioners, and also served as counsel to the Director of the Bureau of ...