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Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission names Brian Thomas, acting director-policy, to job permanently, and hires Amanda Cecil, ex-state Senate Transportation Committee, as legislative director ... CBS promotes Deborah Barak to president-business operations ... FWD.us hires Michael Rekola, ex-office of Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, as communications director ... Goodman Networks promotes Joy Brawner to chief financial officer, succeeding interim CFO Geoff Miller ... Cox Enterprises hires Charlene Binder, ex-ABB, as senior vice president-human resources ... Industrial Internet Consortium elects to steering committee Tanja Rueckert, SAP, and John Tuccillo, Schneider Electric ... Among those newly elected to board of Ad Council, it said, are Jerri DeVard, ADT, Jonathan Mildenhall, Airbnb, Laura Nelson, Nielsen, Eli Pariser, Upworthy, Christina Smedley, PayPal, and Nada Stirratt, Verve.
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Enterprise Wireless Alliance elects Catherine Leonard, Comtronics, chairwoman, the first woman to serve in that capacity, EWA said; and board members elected to executive committee are board Vice Chairman David Reeves, P&R Communications, and Treasurer Gordon Day, Day Wireless; and also Mark Crosby, who also is EWA president, Bart Fisher, Fisher Wireless, Michael Fordinal, DFW Communications, Bill Landis, TuWay Communications, Paul Lauttamus, Lauttamus Communications, and Bob McGowan, FleetTALK Partners; and joining the board are Ken Adams, Delta Airlines, Frank Anderson, A Beep, Michael Miller, Racom, Nick Pennance, Icom America, James Silke, Silke Communications, and Andy Zhao, Hytera America ... Lobbyist registration: Globalstar, Thegroup Dc, effective Sept. 22.