Biography
Mark R. Meador was sworn in April 16, 2025 as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.
Meador most recently worked in private practice and as a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chief Counsel for Antitrust and Competition Policy for Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. During the first Trump Administration, Meador worked as a trial attorney in the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He began his career as an attorney in the FTC’s Bureau of Competition.
Meador earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and his undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago.