Communications Personals
MPAA promotes Gail MacKinnon to senior executive vice president-global policy and government affairs ... Kelley Drye adds David Clonts and Kevin Cadwell, both from Akin Gump, as partners-intellectual property; Monica Moussighi, ex-Moussighi Law, joins as special counsel, background in electrical engineering ... National Safety Council appoints Lorraine Martin, from Pegasus Springs Foundation, CEO-president ... Library of Congress' Gayle Osterberg leaves as director-communications.
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Symantec appoints Richard Hill, director, interim president-CEO, succeeding Greg Clark, steps down from position and board, and Vincent Pilette, from Logitech, executive vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Nicholas Noviello (see this section, Feb. 4); stock closes down 13 percent Friday to $19.39 ... With SnapAV buying Control4, SnapfAV CEO John Heyman leading combined team, Control4 CEO Martin Plaehn becoming board member.
IHeartMedia promotes Rahul Sabnis to chief creative officer-executive vice president for the newly branded TheStudio ... ExteNet Systems taps Garth Williams, ex-Kroll, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Dan Timm ... NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations advances Diane Hannes to president-general manager, Connecticut’s WVIT New Britain and WRDM-CD Hartford.
Facebook moves Erick Tseng to director-augmented reality/virtual reality platform product management, succeeding Hugo Barra, moves to head AR/VR partnerships ... Riedel Communications taps Rich Zabel, from Evertz Microsystems, as sales vice president-North America ... Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) appoints Public Utilities Commissioner Ann Pongracz as chairwoman, replacing Ann Wilkinson, resigned.