Communications Personals
Tyson & Mendes taps privacy, data and cybersecurity lawyer Robert Modica, ex-Gordon & Rees, as managing partner-firm’s first New York office ... Internet Accountability Project nonprofit advocacy organization launches, with founder Mike Davis, Article III Project, as president and Rachel Bovard, ex-Conservative Partnership Institute, senior adviser ... Entertainment Software Association hires Gina Vetere, ex-Covington & Burling, as senior vice president-general counsel; previously in that job was Stanley Pierre-Louis, elevated in May to president-CEO (see this section, May 14).
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Cities Today Institute, network for local government chief information and tech officers, launches, naming Bob Bennett, ex-Kansas City, Missouri, government, chair; Kimberly LaGrue, CIO, New Orleans, president, North American network; and Theo Blackwell, chief digital officer, London, president-Europe ... Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press appoints Shannon Jankowski, ex-Faegre Baker, first E.W. Scripps Fellow for Press Freedom.
Twitter Vice President Colin Crowell says he’s leaving company, which it confirms ... Fox Entertainment hires Lisa Simpson, ex-Entertainment Weekly, as senior vice president-talent relations -- and at Fox Television Stations, it promotes Tom Fleming to senior vice president-sales; and moves Mike Lewis to vice president-general manager, WJZY Belmont, North Carolina, and WMYT-TV Rock Hill, South Carolina, replacing Mike McClain, now vice president-general manager, WOFL and WRBW, both Orlando, and WOGX Ocala, Florida ... Ranplan Group adds Jon Ullmark, ex-Hoylu, chief strategy officer, new position ... Steve Dowling, Apple head-communications, reportedly leaving; company didn't comment.
NPR elects Joe O'Connor, WFAE(FM) Charlotte, North Carolina, and Mike Savage, WEKU(FM) Richmond, Kentucky, as member directors; confirms election of Carlos Alvarez, Gambrinus Co.; Howard Wollner, ex-Starbucks; and Telisa Yancy, American Family Insurance, as public directors; and elects John McGinn, ex-Citigroup, chair, NPR Foundation.