Communications Personals
Patent and Trademark Office moves Mary Critharis to chief policy officer and director-international affairs, a job she did on acting basis after her predecessor Shira Perlmutter named to lead Copyright Office (see this section, Oct. 22) ... Remitly hires Saema Somalya, ex-Fifth Third Bank, as general counsel, succeeding Aaron Gregory, and adds to the board Bora Chung, Bill.com ... Mattel taps from ViacomCBS Media Networks Jonathan Anschell as executive vice president-chief legal officer and secretary, succeeding Robert Normile, who's continuing until Dec. 31 and remaining an executive adviser into April.
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Achronix Semiconductor taps Mark Voll, ex-Aquantia, as chief financial officer ... Western Governors University names Sean Atkins, ex-Bertelsmann and Viacom, as senior vice president-executive dean, College of Business ... President Donald Trump appointing Matthew Schlapp a member, Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and Andrew Kloster a member, Council of the Administrative Conference of the U.S.
House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Mike Rogers, R-Ala., notes Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., picked for that slot for next Congress ... Center for Democracy & Technology board adds Laura Murphy, adviser to Airbnb "in its efforts against discrimination on its platform" ... Continental Automated Buildings Association taps Tom Daenzer, Belimo Americas, for CABA board.
OIF, an "industry forum accelerating market adoption of advanced interoperable optical networking," announces board elections: Ian Betty, Ciena, as president; Mark Filer, Microsoft, for two-year term; Jeffery Maki, Juniper Networks, for a one-year term; Gary Nicholl, Cisco, as secretary/treasurer; Klaus-Holger Otto, Nokia, as Technical Committee chair; Karl Bois, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as Technical Committee vice chair; Richard Ward, Intel, as Market Awareness and Education Committee co-chair, Physical and Link Layer; and Michael Klempa, Amphenol, Physical and Link Layer Interoperability Working Group chair for two-year term.