Communications Personals
U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith retiring, effective Sept. 1 ... World Intellectual Property Organization nominates Daren Tang, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, to director general; current DG Francis Gurry's term ends Sept. 30 ... Goodwin adds Geoff Ossias, ex-Perkins Coie; Sean Greaney, ex-Stubbs Alderton, and Tim Poydenis, ex-Cooley, as partners-technology ... Leonard Jacoby, ex-Cleary Gottlieb, joins Cooley as partner-technology transactions.
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K&L Gates’ newly formed U.S. national security law and policy group (see this section, March 5) also includes partners Jeff Cohen, Stacy Ettinger, Bruce Heiman, Steven Hill, Theodore Kornobis, Nicholas Leibham, Stu Nibley, Daniel Ritter, Donald Smith, Paul Stimers and Jerome Zaucha; Steven McCain, director-defense policy practice; David Wochner, leader-policy/regulatory; counsel Jeffrey Orenstein; associates Brenden Chainey, Alexander Kaplan, Nicolas Sabet, Lauren Sandground, Eli Schooley and Elle Stuart; Darrell Conner and James Sartucci, government affairs counselors; Roderick Hall, government affairs adviser; and Sean McGlynn, government affairs analyst.
Accenture hires Tom Lounibos, ex-Soasta, as managing director, Accenture Ventures that also adds Jake Kaldenbaugh, ex-CloudStrategies, as managing director ... ViacomCBS moves Kelly Day to chief operating officer, ViacomCBS Networks International, succeeding Melody Tan, leaving company ... Entercom promotes Susan Larkin to chief operating officer, effective May 5, succeeding Weezie Kramer, retiring, joining board and remaining as senior executive adviser ... Google names Shannon Studstill, ex-Sony, head-Stadia Games and Entertainment ... Citrix elects JD Sherman, HubSpot, a director ... Comtech appoints Lisa Lesavoy, Lesavoy Financial Perspectives, to board.