Communications Personals
House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden, R-Ore., promotes Ryan Long to staff director for committee Republicans, succeeding Mike Bloomquist, departing for private sector.
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With CommScope President-CEO Eddie Edwards stepping down, Chuck Treadway, ex-Accudyne Industries, appointed president-CEO-board member; Frank Drendel becomes chairman emeritus and remains on the board and is succeeded as chairman by Bud Watts; Watts becomes an employee advising management on strategy, corporate development and capital structure; independent directors elect Timothy Yates as lead independent director, succeeding Watts.
NARUC President Brandon Presley appoints state telecom commissioners to the board: Maida Coleman, Missouri; Lillian Mateo-Santos, Puerto Rico; and Crystal Rhoades, Nebraska, all filling vacancies of state regulators whose terms expired; Presley also names Maryland Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton chairman, Consumers and Public Interest Committee, succeeding Coleman ... IHeartMedia expands board, adding Cheryl Mills, founder-CEO, BlackIvy Group ... Verizon elects Austin Investment Advisors CEO Roxanne Austin to board.
Lobbyist registrations: Software company IoTium, Imperium Global Advisors on IoT, automation and cybersecurity, effective Oct. 1 … Unmanned aircraft systems maker DJI Technology, CLS Strategies on the American Security Drone Act (HR-5125/S-2502) and other UAS issues, effective Sept. 23 … Reset Public Affairs on behalf of Aspiration Tech, The Madison Group on “funding for the entities overseen by” the U.S. Agency for Global Media, effective Sept. 23 … NBCUniversal, Squire Patton, effective Sept. 22 … Cybersecurity firm Merlin International, Cornerstone Government Affairs on growing “new congressional champions,” including on the House and Senate Commerce and Homeland Security committees, effective Sept. 17 … Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International, Akin Gump on “eligibility of company to import U.S.-origin semiconductor-related goods under U.S. export control laws,” effective Sept. 16 … Investable Games Technology, Mercury Public Affairs, effective Aug. 24 … Online education company K12, Peck Madigan, effective Aug. 10.