Communications Personals
Covington hires Teena Sankoorikal, ex-Cravath, as partner-commercial litigation, including intellectual property ... Charles River Associates promotions to vice presidents include Hitesh Chawda, IT and telecom; Brian Langan, antitrust and competition economics, labor and employment; and Kimberly Schenk, intellectual property ... Best Buy General Counsel-Secretary Keith Nelsen resigns to pursue other interests, will remain an adviser through Sept. 1; Todd Hartman, secretary of Best Buy Distribution, assumes Nelsen’s duties as executive vice president-general counsel and chief risk & compliance officer.
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White House sends to Senate nominations of Stephen Dickson to be FAA administrator, replacing Michael Huerta, term expired, and Nazak Nikakhtar, commerce undersecretary-industry and security, replacing Mira Radielovic Ricardel, resigned ... Facebook nominates Peggy Alford, PayPal, for election to board at May 30 annual meeting, and discloses that Erskine Bowles, University of North Carolina, and Reed Hastings, Netflix, won’t seek re-election as directors.
Land Mobile Communications Council elects board, including Farokh Latif, APCO, as vice president and Klaus Bender, Utilities Technology Council ... DC5G 2019 new members: Daniel Conway, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate; David Orloff, AT&T; Karl Reichelt, Bombardier; Jill Dvorak, National Retail Federation; and Eisenhower Fellow Adam Zuckermann, ex-Disney.