Communications Personals
NAB promotes Trish Johnson to chief financial officer and senior vice president-finance ... Lerman Senter announces David Burns, ex-Pillsbury Winthrop, as counsel-media ... Dynamic Spectrum Alliance appoints Martha Suarez, ex-National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, president ... Industry Data Exchange Association Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing Mike Wentz retiring at month’s end.
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Disney promotes Disney Studios President Alan Bergman to co-chairman, Studio Entertainment division; co-Chairman Alan Horn adds title of chief creative officer ... CNN International Commercial appoints Phil Nelson, from affiliate Turner, chief operating officer-operational and international growth initiatives ... DigitalOcean appoints Lysa Dahlin, ex-Comcast, chief people officer ... As VideoAmp closes $70 million investment led by Raine Group, it announces Peter Liguori, ex-Tribune Media, as senior adviser and board member and Erik Hodge, Raine, as board member.
IHeartMedia completes restructuring process (see 190501013); new board members Jay Rasulo, Gary Barber, Brad Gerstner, Sean Mahoney and Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan; plus Chairman-CEO Bob Pittman and President-Chief Operating Officer-Chief Financial Officer Rich Bressler are on the board ... Alphabet appoints Robin Washington, Gilead Sciences, to board; Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene not seeking re-election at end of terms on June 19, Schmidt continuing as technical adviser ... News Media Alliance elects Mark Aldam, Hearst, chairman.
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and Airports Council International-North America form Blue Ribbon Task Force on Unmanned Aircraft System Mitigation at Airports, with co-Chairs Michael Huerta, ex-FAA, and Deborah Flint, Los Angeles World Airports, and members including Trish Gilbert, National Air Traffic Controllers Association; Cathy Lanier, NFL; Huntley Lawrence, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Chad Makovsky, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport; John Pistole, ex-Transportation Security Administration; and Jamie Rhee, Chicago Department of Aviation.
Lobbyist registrations: Tesla, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective April 15 ... Privacy for America, Venable on consumer data privacy legislation, effective April 8 ... AT&T, Owen Evans Ingols on quantum computing and “the intersection of the telecommunications network with the electrical grid,” effective April 1 ... TeleHealth Suite, The Nardelli Group, effective April 1 ... 5G Everywhere in America on behalf of C-Band Alliance, Peter Pitsch, effective March 25 ... Huawei, Steptoe & Johnson on foreign investment, government purchasing and “security-related issues arising under the National Defense Authorization Act,” effective March 18 ... The Glover Park Group on behalf of the 4Competition Coalition, Strategic Policy Counsel in opposition to T-Mobile's proposed purchase of Sprint, effective March 7 ... Small satellite launch vehicles developer Vector Launch, The Charles Group, effective Feb. 1.