Communications Personals
NAB promotes Curtis LeGeyt to chief operating officer, succeeding Chris Ornelas, departing Feb. 1 to be general counsel, Beasley Media; association advances to executive vice presidents April Carty-Sipp, industry affairs; Shawn Donilon, government relations, succeeding LeGeyt; and Trish Johnson, finance and remaining chief financial officer ... Utilities Technology Council moves Sheryl Riggs to interim CEO during search for successor to Joy Ditto (see this section, Oct. 16); under Ditto, Sharla Artz promoted to senior vice president-government and external affairs; Karnel Thomas moved up to senior vice president-membership and meetings; and Rob Thormeyer elevated to senior director-communications and advocacy.
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As part of CBS having bought Viacom to form ViacomCBS, CBS Senior Vice Presidents Anne Lucey, who worked on regulatory policy, and Bryce Harlow, for government relations, are leaving ... Tabet DiVito taps Brad Lyerla, ex-Jenner & Block, partner-intellectual property and unfair competition ... 8x8 hires Marge Breya, ex-MicroStrategy, for executive vice president-chief marketing officer and promotes Samuel Wilson to newly created chief customer officer and managing director-Europe, Middle East and Africa and Homero Salinas to global vice president-head, commercial sales.
Zimmerman Strategic Communications’ Robert Zimmerman becomes Wise Public Relations’ global managing director and chief of staff as part of the firms that work on tech issues combining ... Joining with Accenture, Chris Giancarlo, Willkie Farr; Charles Giancarlo, Pure Storage; and Daniel Gorfine, Gattaca Horizons, launch Digital Dollar Project to explore a U.S. central bank digital currency.
IHeartMedia promotes to executive vice presidents-national programming Jeff Hurley, region division, and Tony Travatto and Angela Watson Charles, both community division ... Jim Henson Co. expands Vice President-Global Distribution Anna Moorefield’s responsibilities to head content distribution strategies across all platforms ... Gray Television advances Katie Pickman to vice president-general manager, Hawaii News Now, succeeding Rick Blangiardi, retires ... IoXt Alliance appoints founding member Gregory Guez, Silicon Labs, to board.
Lobbyist registrations: 5G Action Now, GuidePost Strategies, effective Jan. 14 ... 5G Action Now, Miller Strategies, effective Jan. 10 ... McAfee, Venable on cybersecurity and federal IT revamp, effective Jan. 7 ... Intuit, Stanton Park Group, effective Jan. 1 ... T-Mobile, 10-Square Solutions, effective Jan. 1 ... Apple, Hogan Lovells on “use and regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles,” effective Dec. 12 ... Software company Block.one, Van Scoyoc Associates on blockchain policy, effective Dec. 9 ... Comcast, Van Scoyoc Associates on cybersecurity, effective Dec. 9 ... Top-level domain name registrar Public Interest Registry, Monument Advocacy, effective Dec. 9 ... HawkEye 360, FTI Government Affairs on “funding and policies supporting commercial space-based remote sensing” in FY 2021 House and Senate defense appropriations bills, effective Dec. 1 ... IAC, Mercury Strategies on “robocall, privacy and consumer protection legislation,” effective Oct. 1.