Communications Personals
Franklin Square Group hires from Information Technology Council Sarah Beth Jansen, with cybersecurity and intellectual property expertise, as partner ... Sony Pictures Entertainment hires Hulu's Mike Hopkins as chairman, Sony Pictures Television, effective late November; heads of SPT domestic and international TV production, distribution, advertiser sales and research, marketing and Sony Pictures Worldwide Networks will report to him; Hulu hires board member Randy Freer to succeed Hopkins as CEO.
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Justin Olson sworn in as Arizona corporation commissioner (see 1710180044); an agency spokeswoman said he "will maintain his private sector responsibilities," as he did when he was a state representative: "He will [be] using early mornings, evenings, and weekends for those responsibilities as he is devoting his attention to his new appointment"; Olson has been a senior tax analyst for Apollo Education Group ... Crown Castle promotes Son Nguyen to area president of a subsidiary and Ben Lowe to vice president-corporate finance and leading investor relations.
Senate Privacy Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., won't seek re-election ... House Steering Committee picks Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., for Commerce Committee ... ICANN Chairman Steve Crocker leaves board; bank expert and Accenture alumnus Cherine Chalaby succeeds him as chair; and Chalaby succeeded by director Chris Disspain, WGP Global, as vice chair.