Communications Personals
Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., promotes Nick Rossi to succeed Brendon Plack as chief of staff ... Association of National Advertisers names ANA Group Executive Vice President Bill Tucker to head Measurement for Marketers unit ... Digital Media Association appoints Sally Rose Larson, ex-Office of Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., vice president-government relations ... BMI hires Shirin Foroutan, ex-MPC Film, as vice president-creative, Europe.
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Baltimore Information Technology Director Frank Johnson takes leave; Deputy Director Todd Carter becomes acting director ... Digital Alert Systems' Jim Heminway, chief operating officer among other roles, retiring at year-end; Chief Financial Officer Anne Wakeman to COO.
European Commission moves: Former German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen as president-elect, succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker; and included as von der Leyen’s designees Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, Denmark, digital and commissioner-competition, and Commissioner Sylvie Goulard, France, internal market such as digital single market and new directorate-general for defense and space.
Oracle co-CEO and board member Mark Hurd takes "leave of absence to focus on his health" during which (see page 3) Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison and co-CEO Safra Catz assume Hurd’s responsibilities ... FortifyData appoints Bob Morrell, ex-Riskonnect, CEO ... Spotify moves up Paul Sawyer to chief accounting officer; Luca Baratta resigning ... Gzero Media names Tony Maciulis, ex-CBS, head-video ... Digital Bridge adds Genevieve Maltais-Boisvert, ex-PSP investments, as principal-investment team ... Intelsat names Ellen Pawlikowski, ex-Air Force, and Jacqueline Reses, Square Capital, to board.
GAO launches Center for Strategic Foresight, headed by Managing Director-Strategic Planning and external liaison James-Christian Blockwood; nonresident fellows: Andy Hines, University of Houston; Octavio Hinojosa-Mier, National Hispanic Corporate Council; Brian Masterson, UnitedHealth; Cat Tully, School of International Futures; Kristel Van der Elst, Global Foresight; Rosemarie Forsythe, formerly of Exxon Mobil; Jens Wandel, U.N.; Amy Webb, New York University business school; and Angela Wilkinson, World Energy Council.