Communications Personals
Comcast hires an outside counsel to the company, Francis Buono, ex-Willkie Farr, as senior vice president-legal regulatory affairs and senior deputy general counsel, running Legal Regulatory Group ... Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said it hires Paul Wiedefeld, ex-Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, as general manager-CEO, effective Nov. 19, and until he starts Jack Requa continues as interim general manager; earlier last week, WMATA said it and Neal Cohen, ex-Orbital ATK, agreed the agency would stop considering hiring him as general manager (see 1511030036).
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Glu Mobile hires Nick Earl, ex-Kabam, as president, Global Studios ... GroupM, media investment management group, hires Brian Lesser, ex-Xaxis, as CEO-U.S. and Canada, replacing Kelly Clark, who will transition to new advisory role focused on strategic initiatives; GroupM Global Chief Digital Officer Rob Norman adds position of chairman-North America to his responsibilities ... Verizon elects to board Karl-Ludwig Kley, Merck KGaA ... Globalstar names to board Kenneth Young, Lightbridge Communications ... TechNet adds to Executive Council Ellen Richey, Visa, and Manuel Rivelo, F5 Networks ... Lobbyist registration: Coalition for Responsible Cybersecurity, Steptoe & Johnson, effective July 23.