Communications Personals
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names Donald Stockdale, ex-Bates White Economic Consulting and former FCC staffer, chief of the Wireless Bureau; acting Bureau Chief will remain senior deputy bureau chief; James Schlichting, senior deputy bureau chief in the Wireless Bureau, moves…
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to same position in International Bureau ... FCBA election results: Lee Petro, president-elect; Joshua Turner, secretary; Ari Fitzgerald, assistant secretary; and Natalie Roisman, assistant treasurer; Julie Kearney takes over as president and Megan Anne Stull as treasurer on July 1; elected to executive committee were Karen Brinkmann, Russell Hanser, Kristine Fargotstein, Diane Griffin Holland and Robyn Polashuk; Anne Swanson becomes delegate to the American Bar Association; new FCBA Foundation trustees are Justin Faulb, Jordan Goldstein, Johanna Thomas and Rebecca Murphy Thompson; Rachel Sanford Nemeth was elected Young Lawyers Committee co-chair ... Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium adds Erich Staudacher, AFCEA Europe, to advisory council, and Chris Ahsmann, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, to board of directors ... Commissioner Stephen McAlpine elected chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska ... Viacom promotions: Samantha Cooper to executive vice president-distribution and business development and Deena Demasi to executive vice president-distribution marketing; Andrew Borak moves up to senior vice president-distribution marketing and Sheri Weidner to senior vice president-distribution partnerships; Josh Clark, ex-Dish Network, becomes senior vice president-distribution partnerships, and Richelle Clements, ex-Credit Suisse, becomes senior vice president-deal finance ... New on Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Consumer Advisory Council: Sonny Popowsky, former Pennsylvania consumer advocate, and Christopher Winters, appointed by state Rep. Thomas Caltagirone (D), House Consumer Affairs Committee minority chair ... Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners named Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton treasurer.