Communications Personals
Leaving the FCC is Evan Swarztrauber, policy adviser to former Chairman Ajit Pai, whose last day was Wednesday; among others leaving agency after Pai's departure are spokesperson Brian Hart ... President Joe Biden names acting agency leaders including at Department of Homeland Security, David Pekoske; DOJ, Monty Wilkinson (also see below in this section for more on the department); NASA, Steve Jurczyk; OMB, Rob Fairweather; Office of Personnel Management, Kathy McGettigan; Small Business Administration, Tami Perriello; and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Maria Pagan.
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Public Knowledge Senior Adviser Gene Kimmelman resigns to be senior counselor for President Joe Biden’s associate attorney general for "limited duration"; Antitrust and some other divisions report to Office of the Associate Attorney General, DOJ spokesperson notes; Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers designated deputy assistant attorney general and senior supervisory official, Antitrust Division ... Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu resigns from PTO and as undersecretary of commerce-intellectual property; Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld now "performs the functions and duties" of Iancu's posts.
Lerman Senter promotes Jeff Carlisle, who's in the Broadband, Spectrum, Utilities and Communications Infrastructure and the Satellite practice groups, to member; adds Brett Heather Freedson from Eckert Seamans as counsel, Broadband, Spectrum, Utilities and Communications Infrastructure practice group, and hires former longtime legal assistant Carmel Amero as associate ... Willkie Farr hires patent litigators from Fish & Richardson Indy Mukerji and Stephen Marshall as partners, Intellectual Property and Litigation departments, with Mukerji also named head-tech patent litigation.
Estrella Media promotes Arya Towfighi to executive vice president-general counsel ... Hamilton Place Strategies rehires Scott Haber, ex-Internet Association, joining HPS as a director; firm promotes Meghan Pennington to managing director and Elliott Owensby and Jesse Steinmetz to senior directors ... BSA|The Software Alliance adds Abigail Wilson from International Interior Design Association as manager-state advocacy ... TikTok hires from Internet Association Mahsau Daee for Policy and Safety Communications team, working on parenting, safety and privacy.
Zigbee Alliance taps Michelle Mindala-Freeman from Microsoft as head-marketing and Krista Ingram, ex-Inventures, as director-marketing programs ... MoffettNathanson promotes Lisa Ellis to general partner ... Limelight Network board names Bob Lyons, ex-Alert Logic, as president-CEO and to the board; President-CEO Bob Lento retiring ... CSG appoints Channing Martin Jones, ex-Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as the company’s first chief diversity and social responsibility officer.
Moody’s names Christine Elliott, ex-Mastercard, managing director-global head of communications and branding ... Virtual reality digital wellness company BehaVR appoints McDermott Will’s Rory Channer as chief commercial officer ... TrueCar hires Leaf Group’s Jantoon Reigersman as chief financial officer ... ImageWare Systems appoints AJ Naddell, ex-IBM, vice president-go-to-market and portfolio strategy, newly created role.
Mitre names Gerald Gilbert a fellow, working on quantum science ... New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Commissioner Mary-Anna Holden chosen by NARUC President Paul Kjellander to join the association’s board as at-large member, replacing Commissioner Kara Fornstrom, who's leaving her post at Wyoming Public Service Commission.
Standard General nominates to Tegna board Colleen Brown, ex-Fisher Communications CEO; Advisory Counsel CEO Adonis Hoffman, ex-FCC; Commerce Home Mortgage Chairman Carlos Salas; and Elizabeth Tumulty, ex-CBS Television Network president-affiliate relations; Tegna Nominating Committee will "evaluate" these nominees and "make a recommendation in due course to the full Board that is in the best interests" of shareholders, broadcaster responds.
Business Roundtable Chairman Doug McMillon, who's Walmart CEO, announces leadership for 2021, all CEOs: Tim Cook of Apple, chair, Business Roundtable Immigration Committee, and Best Buy's Corie Barry, Cisco's Chuck Robbins and PayPal's Dan Schulman, at-large members ... Cresta customer-service analytics platform adds ex-AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan to its board.