Communications Personals
Steptoe & Johnson starts Supply Chain team, with lawyers from various practices who already were at the firm; leaders are Jeff Weiss, who's also co-leader, International Trade Policy practice; and Eric Emerson, chair, International Trade and Investment Group; and on Supply Chain team, telecom lawyers involved are Chris Bjornson and Pantelis Michalopoulos; and for privacy, Michael Vatis and Charles-Albert Helleputte, a recent hire (see this section, Sept. 8).
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Slack appoints Nadia Rawlinson, ex-Live Nation Entertainment, to executive team as chief people officer; ex-Senior Vice President-People Robby Kwok named chief of staff to CEO Stewart Butterfield ... Jabil promotes May Yap to senior vice president-chief information officer, succeeding Gary Cantrell, retiring ... Fusion Connect names Michael Miller, ex-Tronox, chief information officer ... Connected2Fiber hires technology executive Robert Kenney as chief revenue officer.
Nominations sent to Senate for: Allen Dickerson as member, Federal Election Commission for term ending April 30, 2025, Caroline Hunter resigned; Michael Rigas for deputy director-management, OMB, Margaret Weichert resigned; and Nathan Simington as member, FCC for term ending July 1, 2024, Mike O'Rielly's term expired (for more details on this nomination, see top-news story, Sept. 17).
Southern Co. board elects Colette Honorable, partner at Reed Smith and previously NARUC's first African American president, as a director, also joining Business Security and Resiliency and another committee; "this is what I'm talking about," tweets District of Columbia Public Service Commission Chair Willie Phillips: The utility "is walking the walk regarding Board diversity."