Mignon L. Clyburn (born March 22, 1962) is a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since she was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 25, 2009, and sworn in on August 3, 2009. She was renominated for an FCC Commissioner on June 7, 2012, and her term as a commissioner will end in 2017. On May 20, 2013, she was appointed by President Barack Obama as Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission.Commissioner Clyburn is the daughter of U.S.