Communications Personals
Mike Bloomquist, departing House Commerce Committee GOP staff (see this section, Oct. 5), hired by Venable as partner, Legislative and Government Affairs Practice, working on "legislative and regulatory matters affecting the environmental, healthcare, communications, and technology industries" ... Information Technology Industry Council adds Mike Flynn, ex-Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee senior counsel, as senior director and counsel-government affairs ... Albright Stonebridge Group additions include Michael Masserman, ex-Lyft, as senior adviser ... ACA Connects adds Nathan Penrod, ex-Frankfort Plant Board, as digital media specialist.
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At Comcast unit, Susan Rovner, ex-Warner Bros., begins as chairman-entertainment content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming ... Ccur agrees with Brio Financial Group for Brio to send Jonathan Tegge to be chief financial officer; Ccur and now-outgoing CFO Warren Sutherland agree he's leaving; Chief Operating Officer-President Igor Volshteyn also becomes principal executive officer and principal financial officer.
With Searchlight Capital having now invested $325 million in Consolidated Communications, and Searchlight nominee David Fuller becoming a director as planned (see this section, Sept. 16), Searchlight Principal Andrew Frey named a nonvoting board observer at the telco.
Obituary: Mark Brunner, Shure vice president-global corporate and government relations, died Thursday, said the company and a lawyer for the wireless mic maker. He was hired by the firm in 1989, and "was instrumental in helping Shure build an even stronger reputation," said CEO Christine Schyvinck. Brunner represented the company at the FCC, for instance, a recent filing shows. The company declined to provide further details now.