Communications Personals
Succeeding Dave Hoppe (see 1511060043) as chief of staff to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is Jonathan Burks, promoted as Hoppe is departing after the holidays to pursue a new, undisclosed opportunity ... Miller Barondess hires as a partner Jay Rakow, ex-ProCon.org, who focuses on media, entertainment and intellectual property ... At Time Warner, it said Warner Bros. Pictures President-Creative Development and Worldwide Production Greg Silverman "stepping away" from executive responsibilities to lead a new "multi-faceted" content production and media and technology-related entrepreneurial venture, with support from Warner Bros., effective Jan. 1; it said also taking effect then is Toby Emmerich promoted to president-chief content officer, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
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C-SPAN elevates Rachel Katz to manager-affiliate relations, new position ... Hearst Television expands corporate news leadership team with executive promotions: Barbara Maushard to senior vice president-news; Andrew Vrees to vice president-news; and Lori Waldon, who remains news director at California's KCRA-TV Sacramento and sister station KQCA Stockton, now also regional director-news ... In more 21st Century Fox moves (see 1612140049) at Fox News, Tom Lowell, outgoing executive producer of The Kelly File, becomes vice president-managing editor of news, Fox News Channel, effective Jan. 1; Fox promotes Mike Dunn to president-product strategy and consumer business development, new post, in addition to his continuing role supervising the Fox Worldwide Home Entertainment operation.
Public Radio International, which Feb. 1 starts the PRI Engagement Lab, names to lead it Jodi Gersh, ex-Gannett/USA Today, as senior director-engagement ... Tenable Network Security said it added Amit Yoran, ex-RSA, as chairman-CEO, effective Jan. 3; Tenable co-founders Jack Huffard and Renaud Deraison led the company during the CEO search; Huffard will continue as president-chief operating officer, Deraison as chief technology officer ... ViaWest moves up Annalea Ilg to vice president-chief information security officer.
General Electric promotions include Jennifer Waldo to vice president-chief human resources officer, GE Digital ... TransLoc hired Rahul Kumar, ex-Transdev, as a vice president-revenue ... PdvWireless names Paul Saleh, Computer Sciences Corp., to board, from which Andy Daskalakis retires ... Eutelsat Communications appoints Antoine Mingalon, ex-Vimpelcom, as group chief human resources officer and member, Executive Committee, effective Jan. 2 ... National Wireless Safety Alliance said Benjamin Afton, Black & Veatch, was named to fill a board seat reserved for the large general contractor sector.