Ballard Spahr hires Courtney Adams Thornton, ex-Troutman Pepper, as of counsel, intellectual property, trademarks and copyright, in its Atlanta office … Senate confirms to the U.S. Agency for Global Media's International Broadcasting Advisory Board: Luis Botello, special adviser, International Center for Journalists; Jamie Fly, CEO-Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Jeffrey Gedmin, Georgetown University senior fellow; Michelle Giuda, CEO-Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University; Kenneth Jarin, partner-Ballard Spahr and also named advisory board chair; and Kathleen Matthews, former Marriott International chief communications-public affairs officer ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise hires HP Inc.’s Marie Myers as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 15; Jeremy Cox, interim CFO since August, will return full time to his roles as senior vice president-corporate controller and chief tax officer, reporting to Myers.

Fetch, rewards app and consumer-engagement platform, hires former Google, Waze, TikTok and Epic Games executive Dan Brough as general manager-agencies, newly created position.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr's policy adviser Greg Watson named chief of staff, succeeding Ben Arden, who returns to Media Bureau; Commissioner Geoffrey Starks’ legal adviser Morgan Bodenarain departs to become policy director-counsel to Congressional Black Caucus; FCC staff retirements: Jeff Tobias, Wireless Bureau; Steve Jones and Stanley Lyles, Office of Engineering and Technology; Penny Blalock, Gloria Conway and Janice Wise, Media Bureau; Eliot Greenwald and Gayle Teicher, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; and Larry Shields and MaryKay Mitchell, Office of Managing Director ... Google Fiber promotes Vice President of Product John Keib to company’s first chief technology and product officer.

Senate confirms former National Security Agency Executive Director Harry Coker as national cyber director on 59-40 Tuesday vote (see 2307250067) ... Pillsbury promotes Jessica Nyman to partner, communications …. Caveonix, platform for hybrid multicloud governance, compliance and security management, appoints Zscaler’s Aloysius Boyle CEO, succeeding Kaus Phaltankar, who transitions to chief strategy officer-board chairman … The Arena Group tech platform and media company terminates the employment of CEO Ross Levinsohn, and names majority owner Manoj Bhargava interim CEO; Levinsohn's termination follows last week's firing of Chief Operating Officer Andrew Kraft, Media President Rob Barrett and corporate counsel Julie Fenster.

TechNet hires PF Consulting’s Patrick Fleming, also ex-Republican House aide, as director-federal policy and external affairs … Summit Ridge Group appoints to its valuation and technology teams Kevin McElroy, ex-Crowe, as director and Yagnik Mehta, ex-New York University Stern School of Business, as analyst ... GlobalFoundries appoints Silicon Labs Chief Financial Officer John Hollister as CFO, effective Feb. 5; Silicon Labs announces Chief Accounting Officer Mark Mauldin will be named interim CFO when the “handover” is completed by Feb. 2, while search is underway for Hollister’s permanent replacement.

Crown Castle announces CEO Jay Brown is retiring, effective Jan. 16; board member Anthony Melone to become interim CEO during replacement search (see 2312080042) ... Spotify to “part ways” with Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel, effective March 31; it launches “external search” for his successor, and in the interim names Ben Kung, vice president-financial planning and analysis, to “take on expanded responsibilities to support the company’s realignment of its financial leadership team” ... Commvault promotes Anthony Anzevino to senior vice president-Americas field organization ... Analog Devices adds Stanford University economist Peter Henry to its board, expanding it to 13 members.

Davis Wright adds Gerald Stein, a former attorney in the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, as a partner in its New York office ... Telecommunications Association of Michigan taps Consumers Energy’s Michael Rampe, also formerly with the Miller Canfield law firm, as its next general counsel, replacing Michael Holmes, moving to new role as legal adviser ... Verizon hires Leslie Berland, ex-Peloton and ex-Twitter, as chief marketing officer, effective Jan. 9.

Comtech hires former iDirect Government CEO John Ratigan as its first chief corporate development officer ... SkyePoint Decisions, cybersecurity solutions provider to the federal government, promotes Heather Newlin to chief strategy officer ... PayPal hires Fiserv’s Suzan Kereere as president-global markets, effective Jan. 1 ... Disney promotes Tracy Underwood to ABC Signature president … Gallup rehires William Kruse, CFA Institute deputy general counsel, as general counsel; he's Gallup's former senior counsel-public sector division ... American Weekend Entertainment adds ConroyCo Ventures CEO Kevin Conroy to its advisory board.

Lawler Metzger law firm, specializing in wireline, wireless and satellite communications matters, announces it's shutting with year-end retirements of partners Greg Lawler, Richard Metzger and Gina Keeney … Atlas Digital Group appoints Altice’s Chad Neuhaus as chief operating officer ... Pax8, cloud commerce marketplace, names Robb Reck, ex-Red Canary, as chief trust and security officer … iHeartMedia announces realignment in its Markets Group, shifting division presidents: Bernie Weiss, Paul Corvino and Tom McConnell for Region Division; Kristin Foley, Chris Soechtig, DJ Hodge and Nick Gnau for Metro Division; and Shosh Abromovich and Dan Lankford, Community Division; also promotes Amy Leimbach to president-Austin, Dallas and San Antonio markets; and names Tony Coles president-multicultural business and development and he continues as president of BIN: Black Information Network.

Windstream promotes Joe Scattareggia to president-wholesale, and Mike Flannery to president-enterprise; Scattareggia and Flannery, who previously served as the chief revenue officers of their respective business units, succeed former Windstream Wholesale and Enterprise President Buddy Bayer, departing year-end to pursue another opportunity ... Varnish Software, caching, streaming and content delivery software solutions provider, hires Global Connect’s Fredrik Borg as CEO, succeeding Lars Larsson, moving to a new Varnish role focused on customer acquisition and strategic partnerships.