Communications Personals
Center for Democracy & Technology President-CEO Nuala O’Connor stepping down to become Walmart senior vice president and chief counsel-digital citizenship; Vice Presidents Chris Calabrese, policy, and Lisa Hayes, strategy, becoming interim co-CEOs ... Sony Music Entertainment names Lisette Morton, from House Judiciary Committee, vice president-public policy and governmental affairs ... Semiconductor Industry Association names Erik Pederson, ex-Chicago Council on Global Affairs, government affairs director ... C Spire taps Chris Champion, ex-Cornerstone Government Affairs, as lead-government relations.
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Former BTIG analysts (see this section, July 22) Richard Greenfield, Walter Piecyk, Brandon Ross, Joseph Galone and Mark Kelley co-found LightShed Partners technology, media and telecom research firm … BTIG adds in technology, media and telecom investment banking Corey Davis, ex-SenaHill Partners, as managing director and Colin LeStrange, ex-Alantra, as director ... Richard Allan, Facebook chief lobbyist in Europe, leaving for family reasons.
AT&T's WarnerMedia Sales & International promotes Sofia Chang and Rich Warren to presidents, WarnerMedia Distribution ... Pennsylvania Cable Network President-CEO Brian Lockman retiring, effective March 31 ... Doctor On Demand hires Robin Cherry Glass, from Evolent Health, as president-chief commercial officer, and David Deane, ex-TurningPoint Healthcare, as vice president-business development ... Cox Media Group advances Michelle Harper to vice president-general manager, WHBQ Memphis ... President Donald Trump sends to the Senate nomination of his special assistant, Steven Menashi, to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Dennis Jacobs retired.
ICANN selects strategic adviser Maarten Botterman and Leon Felipe Sanchez Ambia, Fulton & Fulton, as chair and vice chair, succeeding, respectively, Cherine Chalaby and Chris Disspain ... Electronic Frontier Foundation moves EFF board member Pamela Samuelson, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, to chair; succeeding Brian Behlendorf, who moves to vice chair ... Computing Technology Industry Association appoints Jeremy Palmer, L3 Harris Technologies, to Space Enterprise Council’s Executive Council.
Recording Academy creates national advocacy committee led by songwriter Sue Ennis and singer Lalah Hathaway, with members producer-singer Claudia Brant; singer Terry Jones; engineer Emily Lazar; rapper Rico Love; and board Chair Harvey Mason; President-CEO Deborah Dugan and Chief Industry, Government and Member Relations Officer Daryl Friedman ex-officio members ... Sierra Wireless appoints Lori O’Neill, ex-Deloitte & Touche, to board.