Communications Personals
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces Ron Repasi moving to acting chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, replacing Julius Knapp, retiring (see 1911270055); also retiring: Deputy Director, Office of Media Relations Mark Wigfield; Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division attorney-adviser Elizabeth McCarthy; from the Media Bureau, Engineering Division Chief John Wong; Video Division industry analyst John Enoch, Video Division management analyst Ron Graser, Video Division electronics engineer Tanya Nguyen and Video Division Deputy Chief Hossein Hashemzadeh; and from Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Administrative Law Division attorney-advisers Joanne Wall and Frank Inserra.
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Also, Wireline Bureau's Aaron Garza moving to CGB as legal adviser; Public Safety Bureau's Chris Anderson leaving for CenturyLink as principal adviser-national security and emergency preparedness; Media Bureau Policy Division Chief Martha Heller and Deputy General Counsel and Chief of Staff-Front Office David Gossett resigning; also leaving is commission spokesperson Neil Grace.
Sidley Austin elevates to partners Kate Heinzelman, privacy and cybersecurity; Stephen Abreu, technology and intellectual property transactions; and Thomas Broughan and Bryan Mulder, both IP litigation, patents ... Nokia advances Stephanie Werner to chief human resources officer, effective January, succeeding Hans-Jurgen Bill, retiring May ... Telesat taps Andrew Browne, ex-SES, as chief financial officer, succeeding Michel Cayouette, retiring.
Bill Ready, from PayPal, joining Google as commerce chief, effective in January ... Fidelis Cybersecurity names Chris Kubic, ex-NSA, chief information security officer ... Universal Music UK appoints Alice Webb, from BBC, CEO, Eagle Rock Entertainment ... Circle hires Geoff DeFrance, ex-Motor Trend Group, and Evan Haiman, ex-AXS TV, as senior vice presidents, respectively, digital and content, and Teresa George, ex-Academy of Country Music, as vice president-strategic partnerships ... BridgeComm announces Michael Abad-Santos, ex-Trustcomm, is senior vice president-business development and strategy ... Entercom hires Andy Slater, ex-Midroll Media, as senior vice president-digital sales, East Coast.
National Association of Attorneys General elects as president Montana Attorney General Tim Fox (R), succeeding Louisiana AG Jeff Landry (R) ... Fiber Broadband Association elects Katie Espeseth, EPB, chair; Kevin Morgan, Clearfield, treasurer; Gary Bolton, Adtran, vice chair; and Mark Boxer, OFS, board member.