Communications Personals
FCC personnel departures announced at Thursday's meeting of commissioners: Office of Economics and Analytics' Office of Strategic Planning Senior Counsel Sherille Ismail; he's hired by Intelsat, with his last day at commission June 28, agency spokesperson tells us; Ismail's title is senior counsel, company representative tells us. And Wireline Bureau Competition Policy Division Deputy Chief Ann Stevens retiring, effective June 21.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Thomas Donohue remains CEO through June 2022, Suzanne Clark moves up to president; Maura Donahue, Donahue Favret Contractors, elected chairman, succeeding Tom Wilson, Allstate ... Dorsey & Whitney hires Spencer Glende, ex-Fenwick & West, of counsel-technology commerce ... Ofcom's Sharon White stepping down as CEO to become chairman, John Lewis Partnership; she's leaving regulator at around year's end.
Kudelski Group appoints Nancy Goldberg, ex-Deluxe, chief marketing officer-digital TV sales and marketing and executive vice president and board member, succeeding Pierre Roy, retiring ... ABC Entertainment promotes Ayo Davis to newly created position of executive vice president-talent and casting, ABC Entertainment and Disney Plus ... Discovery adds Anil Jhingan, ex-Sky, as executive vice president-corporate development, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific ... Univision moves Alejandra Santamaría from Arizona Local Media back to Los Angeles as vice president and director-sales.
White House sends to Senate nomination of Amy Karpel to International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2023; withdraws earlier nomination (see this section, Jan. 18).
Library of Congress names Digital Strategy Roundtable members: Tony Ageh, New York Public Library; Christine Borgman, University of California-Los Angeles; Meredith Evans, Society of American Archivists; Paul Ford, Postlight; Joshua Greenberg, Sloan Foundation Digital IT Program; Wendy Hall, University of Southampton; Hrishikesh Hirway, Song Exploder; Joichi Ito, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab; Melody Kramer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Miriam Posner, UCLA; Mia Ridge, British Library; Maria Thomas, Pew Research Center; artist/writer Jer Thorp; Victor Udoewa, 18F; George Westerman, MIT Sloan School of Management; Stacie Williams, University of Chicago; Tim Young, Deloitte.
Wireless Infrastructure Association elects new officers for Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program: Chairperson Paul Roberts, American Tower; Vice Chairperson Beau Aero, GME Supply; and Chairperson Emeritus David Sams, SBA Communications.