Communications Personals
Hogan Lovells hires Krista Schwartz and Patrick Michael, both ex-Jones Day, as partners-intellectual property, media and technology ... Ballard Spahr taps IP litigator Noah Robbins, ex-Pepper Hamilton, as of counsel ... Alex Greenstein, ex-State Department, joins Commerce Department as Privacy Shield program director ... MPAA names Franck Journoud, ex-Oracle, vice president-technology policy ... Fox Entertainment’s new Sidecar under Gail Berman announces Executive Vice President-Development and Production Hend Baghdady, ex-The Jackal Group; Senior Vice Presidents Susan Lierle, ex-Twentieth Century Fox TV, business and legal affairs, and Jeff Nemon, ex-Valhalla Entertainment, drama development; Vice Presidents Alana Romoff, ex-The Jackal Group, development, and Matthew Chadwick, ex-Animation Domination High-Def Studios, alternative programming and production; and Manager-Business and Legal Affairs Eduardo Lopez-Mendez, ex-The Jackal Group ... WarnerMedia unveils HBO Max (see 1907090041) with Tony Goncalves overseeing development and Andy Forssell as general manager; both from Otter Media ... Univision names Roxanna Flores, from Fortune, senior vice president-human resources, local media ... Gamco adds John Vonglis, ex-Energy Department, as senior adviser, including on tech issues ... General Atlantic names Vittorio Colao, ex-Vodafone, special adviser ... Via adds Charles Rivkin, MPAA, to board.
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Wireless ISP Association elects Dave Giles, Midco; Todd Harpest, MetaLink Technologies; and Daniel White, Atheral, to board, replacing Dennis Burgess, Link Technologies; Garth Nicholas, New Wave Net; and Mike Whelan, Airlink ... State Educational Technology Directors Association newly elects Laurel Ballard, Wyoming Department of Education, chair; Eric Hileman, Oklahoma City Public Schools, chair-elect; Carla Wade, Oregon Department of Education, treasurer; Ann-Marie Mapes, Michigan Department of Education, secretary; and board members Doug Casey, Connecticut State Commission for Educational Technology, and Melinda Fiscus, Illinois State Board of Education.