Communications Personals
Dickinson Wright taps Donald McPhail, ex-Taft Stettinius, as member, intellectual property litigation team ... CPB promotes Stephanie Aaronson to senior vice president-engagement ... CTAM adds Ryan Powers, ex-National Council for Behavioral Health, as senior vice president-communications and marketing, succeeding Anne Cowan, retiring (see this section, March 19) ... Crown Media Family Networks advances Kathleen Charapata to senior vice president-legal.
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Stifel Telecom and Media Group managing directors are John Waller, ex-Waller Capital, also group vice chairman; Steve Soraparu, ex-Legg Mason; and Jeff Brandon, ex-Bear Stearns ... Dish Media appoints Dave Antonelli, ex-Cognitiv, to lead advertising strategy and revenue for Sling TV ... Macquarie hires Timothy Alden, ex-Jefferies, as managing director-aerospace, defense and government services.
Ford leadership changes include Jim Farley moves to president-new businesses, technology and strategy and Mobility President Marcy Klevorn retires in October, is chief transformation officer in interim ... Equifax hires Carla Chaney, ex-Graphic Packaging International, as chief human resources officer, replacing Coretha Rushing, retiring ... GuidePoint Security appoints Joe Leonard, ex-Presidio, chief information security officer and chief technology officer ... Riverbed promotes Brian Bukowski to senior vice president-Americas sales and Jeff Puffenberger to vice president-U.S. Public Sector group.
FCC appoints rechartered Consumer Advisory Committee members: American Consumer Institute: Chair Stephen Pociask, alternate Krisztina Pusok; National Consumers League: Vice Chair Debra Berlyn, alternate Brian Young; AARP: Dawit Kahsai, alternate Coralette Hannon; America’s Communications Association: Mary Lovejoy, alternate Brian Hurley; American Legislative Exchange Council: Jonathon Hauenschild, alternate Bartlett Cleland; Americans for Tax Reform; Katie McAuliffe, alternate Demri Scott; Appalachian Regional Commission: Mark Defalco; AT&T: Vonda Long-Dillard, alternate Linda Vandeloop; Call for Action: Shirley Rooker; Consumer Federation of America: Irene Leech, alternate Susan Grant; CTA: Rachel Nemeth; alternate Rehan Ehsan; Consumer Reports: Jonathan Schwantes; alternate George Slover; CTIA: Matthew Gerst, alternate Ben Aron.
Other CAC members: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network: Zainab Alkebsi, alternate Howard Rosenblum, both National Association of the Deaf; Digital Policy Institute: Barry Umansky; alternate Dom Caristi; special government employees, individually as subject-matter experts: Eric Koch, Johnny Kampis, Kyle Hildebrand and Michael Santorelli; Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable: Joslyn Day, alternate Sean Carroll; Milwaukee PBS: Bohdan Zachary, alternate Damir Braovac; National Association of Broadcasters: Larry Walke; National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates: Thaddeus Johnson, alternate Barbara Burton; National Consumer Law Center: Olivia Wein, alternate Margot Saunders; NCTA: Steven Morris, alternate Svetlana Gans; The Trevor Project: Sam Brinton, alternate Sam Dorison; USTelecom: Lynn Follansbee, alternate Michael Saperstein.