Communications Personals
Changes in Commissioner Geoffrey Starks' office: Acting Legal Adviser-Wireline and Public Safety Randy Clarke leaving FCC, effective Friday, and not disclosing plans; FCC Attorney-Adviser Gavin Logan detailed to Starks’ office from Wireline Bureau during paternity leave of Michael Scurato; during that time, Logan working on media issues, which Scurato has been doing; FCC Senior Research Librarian Gloria Thomas retires, Chairman Ajit Pai announced at Friday's meeting ... Dan Margolis, ex-FCC, now Verizon compliance counsel.
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Free State Foundation names Andrew Long, ex-Time Warner Cable, adjunct senior fellow ... Akamai promotes Anthony Williams to chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 1, succeeding James Gemmell, retiring ... House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Mike Rogers, R-Ala., adds Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., to Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee.
FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (see 1910240067) announced Jamila Johnson, designated federal officer; Julie Saulnier and Jamile Kadre, deputy designated federal officers; and members Raul Alarcon, Spanish Broadcasting System; Susan Au Allen, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation; Caroline Beasley, Beasley Media; Sindy Benavides, League of United Latin American Citizens; Laura Berrocal, Charter Communications; Maria Brennan, Women in Cable Telecommunications; Rudy Brioche, Comcast; Harin Contractor, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; Skip Dillard, Emmis Communications; Michelle Duke, NAB Leadership Foundation; Deborah Elam, Corporate Playbook; Maurita Coley Flippin, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council; Lori Hall, TV One; and Rashidi Hendrix, Metallic Entertainment.
Also, David Honig, JulGlo Productions; Ronald Johnson, Wireless Infrastructure Association; Sherman Kizart, Kizart Media Partners; Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation; Roy Litland, Verizon; DuJuan McCoy, Circle City Broadcasting; Clint Odom, National Urban League; Sean Perryman, Internet Association; Henry Rivera, Emma Bowen Foundation; Steven Roberts, Roberts Cos.; Alfredo Rodriguez, Dish Network; Brian Scarpelli, ACT|The App Association; Nimisha Shukla, NJ Broadcasting/South Asian Broadcasting; Marie Sylla, T-Mobile; Jenell Trigg, Lerman Senter, for Wireless ISP Association; James Winston, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters; and Christopher Wood, LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute.
NARUC appoints Indiana Utility Regulatory Commissioner Sarah Freeman, also on Universal Service Administrative Co. board, to chair Subcommittee on Education and Research ... Twilio’s Karyn Smith becomes USTelecom board member as company joins association ... Rambus adds Necip Sayiner, ex-Renesas Electronics, to board.