Communications Personals
Charter Communications hires for Government Affairs team based in Washington, D.C.: Maureen O’Connell, ex-O’Connell Strategies and before that 21st Century Fox, as vice president-regulatory affairs, and Robert Kenny, ex-Mercury, as director-policy communications ... Viacom said board names Bob Bakish, who was president-CEO of Viacom International Media Networks, as acting president-CEO, effective Nov. 15; he succeeds Tom Dooley, leaving the company (see 1609210014); Bakish also was named president-CEO, Viacom Global Entertainment Group ... Lockheed Martin International hires David Trulio, ex-Raytheon and former corporate transactional lawyer, as vice president-international government affairs, operations, and regional executive, Latin America.
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21st Century Fox hires Paul Cheesbrough from sister company News Corp., where he was chief technology officer, to be its CTO ... CyrusOne Chief Financial Officer Gregory Andrews is leaving to pursue other interests, effective Nov. 30; succeeding him as executive vice president-CFO, effective Nov. 14, is Diane Morefield, ex-Strategic Hotels & Resorts, which was bought by Blackstone ... Stratix, managed mobile services provider, said Jim McCormick, ex-Silverpop, joins as chief financial officer ... Spherix, intellectual property development company, said directors Jeffrey Ballabon and Howard Goldberg resigned amicably.
FCC said it named to Consumer Advisory Committee, the charter of which it renewed and which meets Jan. 27 (see here), the following: Coralette Hannon, AARP; Ross Lieberman, American Cable Association; Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute; Mark Richert, American Foundation for the Blind; Katie McAuliffe, Americans for Tax Reform; Mark Defalco, Appalachian Regional Commission; Amina Fazlullah, Benton Foundation; Committee Chairman Eduard Bartholme, Call For Action; Paul Goodman of the Greenlining Institute, for Center for Media Justice/Media Action Grassroots Network; Elizabeth Barket, Competitive Carriers Association; Ken McEldowney, Consumer Action; Irene Leech, Consumer Federation of America; Jonathan Schwantes, Consumers Union; Krista Witanowski, CTIA; Zainab Alkebsi, National Association of the Deaf, for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network; Claire Gartland, Electronic Privacy Information Center; Dana Floberg, Free Press; Joslyn Day, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Cable; Larry Walke, NAB; Kenneth Mallory, representing the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Andy Lomeli, National Hispanic Media Coalition; Mitsuko Herrera, NATOA; Debra Berlyn, National Consumers League; Olivia Wein, National Consumer Law Center; Steven Morris, NCTA; Angela Siefer, National Digital Inclusion Alliance; Eric Null, New America Foundation/Open Technology Institute; Dallas Harris, Public Knowledge; and Lynn Follansbee, USTelecom.