Communications Personals
Telecommunications Industry Association hires Ashley Simmons, ex-ITS America, as communications director, effective March 15, succeeding April Ward, who moved to FirstNet as senior media adviser ... Zynga names board member Frank Gibeau CEO, succeeding Mark Pincus, who will be executive chairman ... Sprint hires Robert Hackl, ex-Vodafone, as chief experience officer/president-national sales, effective April 1; at end of that month, Chief Experience Officer Bob Johnson will leave ... AT&T moves Bill O’Hern to senior vice president-chief security officer ... Maxwell Technologies hires Jörg Buchheim, ex-Hella KGaA Hueck, as senior vice president-chief sales officer, succeeding Michael Finger, leaving for personal reasons ... Millennium Space Systems hires Bob Newberry, ex-U.S. Air Force, as executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... IDC promotes Phil Carter to chief analyst, IDC Europe.
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FCBA said its Nominations Committee nominates for terms beginning July 1 Julie Kearney, CTA, president-elect; Natalie Roisman, Wilkinson Barker, secretary; Joshua Turner, Wiley Rein, assistant secretary; and Megan Anne Stull, Google, assistant treasurer; Joiava Philpott, Cox Communications, chapter representative to executive committee; to executive committee with three to be elected for three-year terms: Douglas Bonner, Womble Carlyle; David Redl, House Commerce Committee; Roger Sherman, ex-FCC; Angela Simpson, NTIA; Larry Spiwak, Phoenix Center; and Krista Witanowski, CTIA; to Nominations Committee, three to be elected for two-year terms, Ann Bobeck, NAB; Scott Delacourt, Wiley Rein; Matt DelNero, FCC; Angela Giancarlo, Mayer Brown; Jason Oxman, Electronic Transactions Association; and Edward Smith, FCC; and to FCBA Foundation board, four to be elected for three-year terms: Jeremy Berkowitz, Booz Allen; Scott Bergmann, CTIA; Mark Brennan, Hogan Lovells; Neil Chilson, FTC; Darah Franklin, Google; Michael Nilsson, Harris Wiltshire; Aspasia Paroutsas, FCC; and Davina Sashkin, Fletcher Heald; and moving up under bylaws: Robert Branson, Verizon, becomes president, effective July 1, when Lee Petro, Drinker Biddle, becomes treasurer; and for second year, Laura Carter, Microsoft, is chapter representative.