Communications Personals
ICANN promotes Naela Sarras to vice president-stakeholder engagement, North America, effective in November ... Engine Executive Director Evan Engstrom leaves, effective Oct. 1; hired by Milltown Partners as a director ... APCO hires Alison Venable, who graduated this year from the University of Maryland School of Law, as government relations counsel.
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Twitter hires Amy Murphy from Internet Association to focus on privacy and internet liability law; Todd O’Boyle from Lime to work on policies on elections, U.S. census, violent extremism and immigration; and Wifredo Fernandez, ex-Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, for federal and state advocacy; and company promotes Lauren Culbertson to head-U.S. public policy.
Aira wireless charging company taps Steve Pazol, ex-Qualcomm, as strategic adviser to advisory board ... Evotek cybersecurity company hires Chris Forbes from Banc of California as chief information security officer and executive adviser ... Nexstar completes purchase from Sinclair of assets of WDKY-TV (Fox) Danville, Kentucky, appointing Monte Costes, ex-WLEX-TV Lexington, Kentucky, as vice president-general manager.
Joining Boxlight as vice presidents, all ex-Promethean among other employers, are Scott Willett for sales-North America; Dan Deem, sales, platforms and services; and Michele Gill Conte, strategic accounts ... USA Technologies appoints Scott Stewart, ex-Intercontinental Exchange, chief accounting officer ... Frontdoor names Dana Leake, ex-American Home Shield, an affiliated brand, senior director-diversity ... Arrow Electronics board joined by Gerry Smith, CEO, ODP.
Lobbyist registrations: Videogame developer Bungie, Platinum Advisors DC on intellectual property protections, esports and telecom law, effective Sept. 10 … IT solutions provider Carahsoft Technology, J.A. Green and Co. on secure cloud management “proliferation within” DOD, effective Aug. 26 … Tower Semiconductor San Antonio, Cornerstone Government Affairs, effective Aug. 25 … Fortinet, Efrus Federal Advisors, effective Aug. 11 … Charter Communications, The Russell Group on Department of Agriculture's ReConnect, effective Aug. 1 … Microsoft, Cory Crowley & Co., effective Aug. 1 … Artificial intelligence machine learning company Data Robot, Cove Strategies, effective July 25 … Online consignment retailer The RealReal, Invariant on “consumer protection language as it relates to online marketplaces and counterfeits” like the Integrity, Notification and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (S-3431), effective July 15.