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Patreon hires Ellen Satterwhite, ex-Glen Echo Group, as head-U.S. policy ... Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) appoints Laura Gomez-Martin, who has been Department of Information Technology deputy chief information security officer, as the state’s first chief privacy officer, and Patrick McLoughlin, ex-Johnson Mirmiran, as the first chief data officer ... House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., adds Marcus Robinson, ex-Brownstein Hyatt, as press secretary … PBS adds Maribel Lopez, ex-Twin Cities PBS, as head, PBS Digital Studios, effective Dec. 13.

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CTA hires David Grossman, ex-GPS Innovation Alliance, as vice president-regulatory affairs, working on tech policy like consumer privacy, broadband and online competition; he previously worked at CTA as a government affairs manager on advocacy efforts.

Lumos/NorthState promotes David Smith to the ISP's chief network officer; and adds Jay Winn, ex-Ogilvy, as chief customer officer; Scott Roy, ex-Caparo Bull Moose, for chief human resources officer; Tom Fabbricatore, ex-Airwavz Solutions, as chief information officer; and Shane Ward, ex-CTI Towers, as chief financial officer ... Disney promotes Brenda Kelly-Grant to senior vice president-casting and talent relations, Disney Branded Television, succeeding Judy Taylor, who retires at year-end.

Nominations sent to Senate for Amanda Bennett to be CEO-U.S. Agency for Global Media; Sharon Bradford Franklin as chairman-member, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for rest of term ending Jan. 29, 2024, Adam Klein, resigning; and also at PCLOB (see this section, Nov. 16 issue of this publication), Beth Williams as a member, for remainder of the term expiring Jan. 29, 2023, Jane Nitze resigned.

Intuit appoints Suzanne Nora Johnson chair, effective in January; Executive Chairman Brad Smith to leave that role immediately after annual meeting, where he will seek reelection as a nonexecutive director ... Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center elects as directors to the cybersecurity information sharing organization Marnie Wilking, Wayfair global head-security and IT risk management, and Benjamin Vaughn, Hyatt chief information security officer.