Communications Personals
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) names businessman and ex-state Rep. Damon Baldone (D) a commissioner for the state Public Service Commission; he succeeds Commissioner Scott Angelle, resigned; Baldone serves until a special election ... Office of Science and Technology Policy alumna Renee Gregory joins Willkie Farr as counsel, Communications & Media Department ... New at Uber: Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei as senior vice president-leadership and strategy, reporting to CEO Travis Kalanick and partnering with Chief Human Resources Officer Liane Hornsey.
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At Comhear 3D audio technology company: Gerry Chastelet, ex-Dominus Innovations and Digital Lightwave, joins as CEO; Andrew Arno, Chardan Capital Markets, added to the board; and Perry Teevens continues as president and lead-business development ... Nexstar Media hires TV broadcast executive Julie Brinks as vice president-general manager of Michigan's WOOD-TV Grand Rapids, WOTV Battle Creek, WXSP-CD Grand Rapids and associated digital services ... Deloitte moves up Nishita Henry to federal technology leader.
Harmonic promotes Sanjay Kalra to chief financial officer, succeeding Harold Covert, who resigned to spend more time with East Coast family ... Equifax changes on July 1: Chief Marketing Officer Trey Loughran moves to president, U.S. Information Solutions, succeeding Paulino Barros, now leading Equifax Asia-Pacific business; Managing Director, Equifax Australia and New Zealand Nerida Caesar moves to advisory role through early 2018 ... TechPats IP consulting firm hires Ron Oliver, ex-Huawei, as vice president-client services, new post.
BluVector board adds Rackspace's Scott Crenshaw ... Rambus puts Emiko Higashi, Tomon Partners, on its board ... Lobbyist registrations: ML Strategies on behalf of Altice, Charter Communications, NCTA, T-Mobile and the Wi-Fi Alliance, Plurus Strategies, all effective May 1 ... Alcatel-Lucent USA, doing business as Nokia, Miller & Chevalier, effective May 1 ... Samsung Electronics America, Podesta Group, effective April 23.