Communications Personals
Facebook promotes Kevin Martin to global head-economic policy and hires Henry Moniz from ViacomCBS to lead the social media company’s global compliance team in a newly created job ... House Commerce Committee new ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., announces committee senior staff: Kate O’Connor remains chief counsel, Communications Subcommittee, and Tim Kurth continues as chief counsel, Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee ... Babette Boliek joined DOJ Antitrust Division Dec. 28, on detail there from her post as professor, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.
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Glen Echo Group hires EU technology policy expert Jesse Spector from Software & Information Industry Association as senior director and promotes TJ Chase to director, creative team; Emma Christman to director-external affairs and engagement, Charlie Vinopal to senior associate and Carrie Hutcheson to associate ... Arnold & Porter adds Katherine Treistman, ex-Greenberg Traurig, to Complex Litigation practice as partner, working on commercial disputes including in technology.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) appoints Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Emile Thompson as a Public Service Commissioner; interim Mayor for Public Safety and Justice and Chief Medical Examiner Roger Mitchell "departing for a new role outside District Government"; and mayor moves Department of Public Works Director Christopher Geldart to acting deputy mayor for public safety and justice; this post has overseen the city's 911 operations, which had a series of errors delaying emergency responses (see here); also last week, Bowser named acting leader for District's 911 center after the last permanent one resigned (see this section, Jan. 29).
Red Apple Group moves up Emily Pankow to general counsel, Red Apple Media ... AMC Networks hires from ViacomCBS Christina Spade as executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Eutelsat appoints Anne Carron, ex-Carrefour and former Linklaters corporate and transactions lawyer, chief human resources officer ... Henkels & McCoy Group promotes David Cox to president, succeeding James Dillahunty, who continues as chief operating officer, and advances Jim Duffy to executive vice president-operations.
Lexmark hires Vishal Gupta from Unisys as senior vice president-chief information and technology officer, replacing Tom Eade, retiring ... Unisys taps Leon Gilbert, ex-Atos, as senior vice president-general manager, digital workplace services ... Five9 adds Panos Kozanian from Cisco as executive vice president-cloud operations ... Hispanic digital media company H Code adds Annie Leal, ex-mitu, as head-content ... Paradox conversational artificial intelligence platform names David Pluto, ex-SAP, chief strategy officer ... Idex appoints Lakecia Gunter, Microsoft vice president-general manager, IoT global and strategic engagement, to the board.
Others with new posts on American National Standards Institute board (see this section, Jan. 14) are, for directors-at-large for terms through 2023, Thomas Gardner, HP, Ajit Jillavenkatesa, Apple, Alan Manche, Schneider Electric, and Peter Pondillo, Corning; filling vacant directors-at-large positions are Marcus Jadotte, Raytheon, Veronica Lancaster, CTA, and Patrick Hughes, National Electrical Manufacturers Association; and returning to ANSI board after a hiatus are Monica Barone, Qualcomm, and Andy Updegrove, Gesmer Updegrove.