Communications Personals
Longtime cable lawyer Paul Glist retiring from Davis Wright and joining as general counsel The Tahirih Justice Center human rights nonprofit ... Google hires Jose Castaneda, departing Information Technology Industry Council Jan. 18, for Policy Communications Team working on regulatory issues in San Francisco, effective Jan. 28 ... NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine appoints Bettina Inclan, ex-Mira Mira Strategies, associate administrator-communications ... Sen.-elect Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to join Judiciary and Homeland Security committees.
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Parks Associates expands leadership team including promoting Elizabeth Parks, to president and Tom Kerber to lead Custom Research services and hiring consultant Denise Ernst as vice president ... TUV Sud America appoints Jasmine Martirossian, ex-The Training Associates, marketing vice president-Americas.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appoints to Universal Service Administrative Co. board: Julie Tritt Schell, Pennsylvania Department of Education, for schools eligible for discount; Olivia Wein, National Consumer Law Center, ISPs; Brent Fontana, Amazon Web Services, eligible rural healthcare providers; Sarah Freeman, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commissioner, state telecom regulators; Kenneth Mason, Frontier Communications; incumbent LECs with more than $40 million annual revenue; and Alan Buzacott, Verizon, for interexchange carriers with annual operating revenue of more than $3 billion.
National Cable Television Cooperative names Bob Ormberg, GCI, chairman, succeeding Gary Shorman, Eagle Communications, who remains on board; Brad Mefferd, Buckeye Broadband, becomes vice chairman and Ken Johnson, Cable One, member ... Best Buy appoints Eugene Woods, Atrium Health, to board ... MicroVision adds Simon Biddiscombe, MobileIron, to board.