Communications Personals
BakerHostetler hires Scott Patrick, leaving FCC Wireless Bureau, as of counsel, focused on cable, wireless, broadcast and technology ... White House names Gregory Touhill, retired brigadier general, federal chief information security officer, new position; he's Department of Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary-cybersecurity and communications, Cybersecurity and Communications Office ... Brownstein Hyatt announces Brian McKeon, ex-aide to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and before that an aide on telecom, tech and other issues to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., as senior policy adviser, Government Relations Department ... Infosys hires Anurag Varma, ex-Squire Patton, as vice president-government affairs.
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Comcast adds Chris Heatherly, ex-Disney, as executive vice president-worldwide games and digital platforms, NBCUniversal Brand Development, effective Sept. 30 ... CTIA said 2017 officers are Marcelo Claure, Sprint, chairman; Kenneth Meyers, U.S. Cellular, vice chairman; Tim Baxter, Samsung Electronics America, secretary; Bret Comolli, Asurion, treasurer; and Glenn Lurie, AT&T, chairman emeritus; and to one-year board terms effective Jan. 1: Danny Bowman, LeEco; Stephen Leonard, Bandwidth; Andre Lonne, HTC America; and Billy Mounger, Tristar License Group ... Tremor Video appoints director Paul Caine non-executive chairman, new post.
Technology Policy Institute appoints board of academic advisers: Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School Digital Initiative; Robert Hahn, University of Oxford; Thomas Hazlett, Clemson University; Roger Noll, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Gregory Rosston, Stanford University and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; and Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management ... Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation newly elected for 2016-17 board include: Jennifer Williams, Greater Media, chairwoman; Paul Jacobs, Jacobs Media, vice chairman/chairman-elect; Pam Manor, WNEM-TV Bay City, secretary/treasurer; and Sue Goldsen, Jackson Radio Works, immediate past chairwoman; and also on board Mary Helen Ciaravino, Washtenaw Community College; Marla Drutz, WDIV-TV Detroit; Eric Hammerstrom, Marquette Senior High School; Jim Lutton, WWMT Kalamazoo; and Jon Whiting, Michigan State University.