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At Universal Service Administrative Co., FCC Chairman Ajit Chairman Pai OKs appointment from Farm Services Administration of Radha Sekar as USAC CEO; Vickie Robinson was acting CEO; the nonprofit that helps administer USF said its board accepted Robinson's resignation in roles also including vice president-general counsel, effective Dec. 31 and says she "accepted a leadership role with Microsoft’s Airband Initiative Team"; the company didn't comment ... New York Interconnect Head/Altice Media Solutions President Ed Renicker named CEO of new multi-operator cable advertising interconnect (see 1712130052).
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Interactive Advertising Bureau promotions: Patrick Dolan to president; Anna Bager to executive vice president-industry initiatives; and Susan Borst to vice president, working on native advertising and content marketing; Executive Vice President-Chief Marketing Officer David Doty exiting at year's end and will relaunch Flatiron Communications media industry consultancy ... Rumble video platform names Miguel Monteverde, remaining at Green Mountain Advisors, as chief operating officer.
Wiley Rein re-elects Peter Shields, a member of the Telecom, Media & Technology Practice, as managing partner of the firm for a third consecutive three-year term; other re-elections also through 2020 include Christopher Kelly, chair of the Trademark Practice, to the management committee; and Claire Evans, chair of the Appellate Practice and focused on FCC and other matters, named to the management committee for the first time ... TechCongress 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellows include Bukky Adebayo, Bedrock Analytics; Collin Anderson, cybersecurity and internet researcher; James Gimbi, consultant at FireEye's Mandiant; and Jamie Sternlicht, mechanical robotics engineer.
Named CES keynoters for C Space event Jan. 10 at Monte Carlo's Park Theater: A&E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc; Comcast President-Advertising Marcien Jenckes; Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav; LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff; PepsiCo Senior Vice President-Global Brand Development Kristin Patrick; MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan and Vice Chairman Wenda Harris Millard; and YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl.