Communications Personals
Wireless Infrastructure Association promotes Matt Mandel to senior vice president-government and public affairs; Marta Sokol to chief financial officer; Tracy Ford to vice president-member services; and Michael Barrett to senior associate-sales and business development ... DLA Piper moves Washington Managing Partner Smitty Smith to chair, Regulatory and Government Affairs practice ... Facebook adds outgoing Senate Commerce Committee Democratic Staff Director John Branscome, who's retiring (see 2109070061), to be liaison with White House and executive branch agencies.
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Wikimedia Foundation appoints Maryana Iskander from Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator as CEO, effective Jan. 5 ... Rafi Martina, ex-tech adviser to Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., moves from the lawmaker's personal office to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to work on emerging tech ... Grant Thornton adds for new post the industry consultant Howard Homonoff as senior national adviser-media and entertainment industry practice ... Verizon hires Anna Kain, ex-Synchrony, as manager-federal affairs.
Firstlight Media taps from Verizon Media Chris Drake, who becomes senior vice president and global head-revenue ... Nexstar promotes Fran McRae to vice president-general manager-broadcast and digital operations in Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee, succeeding Ron Walter, retiring ... Fintech company Acrisure hires Disney Senior Vice President-Investor Relations Lowell Singer as chief financial officer ... Activision Blizzard adds Disney’s Julie Hodges as chief people officer, effective Sept. 21, and Sandeep Dube from Delta Air Lines as chief commercial officer, effective Sept. 27 ... Jellysmack hires former MTV and HBO executive Sean Atkins as president ... Equinix adds HP Chief Information Officer Ron Guerrier to its board.