Communications Personals
Software & Information Industry Association Senior Vice President-Public Policy Mark MacCarthy tells us he plans to retire from SIIA after a transition and will help find a successor; he plans to teach and do research at Georgetown University on areas including artificial intelligence/ethics and privacy ... TwinLogic names Greg Barnes, ex-Digital Media Association, principal, and Ali Fulling, ex-House Commerce Committee, policy coordinator ... Nielsen appoints George Callard, from The Weather Channel, chief legal officer, succeeding Eric Dale, resigning ... Cooley adds Charlie Winckworth, partner-intellectual property, from Hogan Lovells.
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SoftBank appoints Directors Tonya Williams, ex-Kellogg Foundation, for government affairs; Jeff Dressler, ex-Office of then-Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., national security policy; and Alison Jones, ex-Ford, political affairs; and as research and policy analyst, Martha Babbitt, ex-International Technology and Trade Associates ... IHeartMedia names Hetal Patel, ex-Vox Media, executive vice president, SmartAudio Intelligence Insights.
Jason Shaw, ex-Georgia House, becomes member of Georgia Public Service Commission, filling unexpired term of Doug Everett, retired ... Miles & Stockbridge names Michael Doane, ex-Adduci Mastriani, partner-intellectual property and technology ... President Donald Trump nominates William Barr, ex-Kirkland & Ellis and Verizon, as attorney general.
House Rural Broadband Caucus adds as co-chair Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., replacing Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., elected senator ... Leverage Lab names entrepreneur Major Baisden chairman ... National Association of Tower Erectors extends by five years contracts for Todd Schlekeway, executive director, and Paula Nurnberg, chief operating officer.
Lobbyist registrations: Quantum Computing, A10 Associates, effective Jan. 2 ... Cybersecurity certifier (ISC)2, Phil Bond & Associates, effective Dec. 18; also for (ISC)2, Vatoca Partners on Cyber Ready Workforce Act and Election Security Act, effective Dec. 4 ... DraftKings, Dunkel Government Relations, effective Dec. 1 ... Nexus Technologies, Capitol Advocacy & Government Affairs, effective Dec. 1 ... Video Gaming Technologies, Spirit Rock Consulting, effective Dec. 1 ... Social media company Give Media, J.M. Burkman & Associates, effective Nov. 16 ... Drone detection systems maker Black Sage Technologies, Monument Policy Group, effective Nov. 15 ... Charter Communications, Cassidy & Associates, effective Nov. 15 ... Dish Network, Cassidy & Associates, effective Nov. 15 ... Radio equipment manufacturer Hytera Communications, Duane Morris Government Strategies, effective Nov. 15 ... Yoti, Greenberg Traurig, effective Nov. 8 ... Solix, McDermott Will on USF E-rate program issues, effective Nov. 1 ... Identification Technology Association, Monument Policy Group, effective Nov. 1 ... Digital advertising placement firm Spot-On, Rooster on digital ad disclosure legislation, effective June 26.