National Electrical Manufacturers Association appoints Peter Tolsdorf, ex-National Association of Manufacturers, general counsel and corporate secretary ... YouTube hires Alexandra Veitch, from Tesla, as lead-public policy, Americas and emerging markets ... Activision Blizzard names Daniel Alegre, from Google, president-chief operating officer, succeeding Coddy Johnson, who continues as special adviser to CEO Bobby Kotick; and Helaine Klasky, from SoundDesign, chief communications officer, succeeding Kristin Binns, who becomes senior adviser, new role ... Telo announces Kimberly DellaTorre, ex-Nokia, is vice president-customer success.
American Tower promotes Tom Bartlett to president-CEO, succeeding Jim Taiclet, becoming president-CEO, Lockheed Martin, effective June 15, replacing Marillyn Hewson, becoming executive chairman; American Tower also advances Rod Smith to executive vice president-chief financial officer and treasurer ... ICANN appoints Mikhail Anisimov, ex-.RU/.РФ, as head-global stakeholder engagement, Eastern Europe and Central Asia ... T-Mobile Executive Vice President David Carey retiring, effective April 30.
Colony Capital CEO-elect Marc Ganzi, from Digital Colony, becomes CEO, effective July 1, succeeding Thomas Barrack, continuing as executive chairman; Jacky Wu, ex-Driven Brands, becomes executive vice president-finance March 23, chief financial officer and treasurer July 1, succeeding Mark Hedstrom, continuing as executive vice president-chief operating officer; company nominating various board members, see here ... McDermott Will hires April Weisbruch, ex-Sheppard Mullin, as partner-intellectual property.
FirstNet moves up acting Executive Director Edward Parkinson to permanent post (see 2003120048) ... Intelsat Vice President-Investor Relations Dianne VanBeber resigns, effective March 13; she also was the company's C-band spokesperson ... Nixon Peabody adds Daniel Schwartz, ex-Faegre Drinker, as partner, and promotes Lauren Arnold, Jason Kunze and Brad Taub to counsel, all intellectual property ... Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) names Joseph Sullivan, ex-state Department of Commerce, to Public Utilities Commission for six-year term.
Univision moves Ron Estrada to senior vice president-head, government relations and corporate social responsibility, succeeding Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, who joins Twitter as vice president-Americas … Faegre Drinker names Christina Huang, ex-3M, counsel-intellectual property ... Wow Chief Financial Officer Rich Fish departing ... NZS Capital adds Jon Bathgate and Joe Furmanski, ex-Janus Henderson tech team, as investors; Jim Goff, also from Janus, as senior adviser; and Minesh Patel, Jupiter Asset Management, to board.
Center for Democracy & Technology names Alexandra Reeve Givens, from Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy, president-CEO, effective May 11, succeeding Nuala O’Connor (see this section, Sept. 11) ... Point52 Group started by CBS Washington veteran John Orlando (see this section, Oct. 10), working on regulatory, legislative and crisis management issues ... Oregon Public Utility Commission advances Bryan Conway to utility program director ... Otelco President Richard Clark becomes also CEO and board member, succeeding Robert Souza, retired ... Nexstar promotes Byron Grandy to vice president and general manager-broadcast and digital operations, Denver market ... Entravision announces Bernice Lopez Smith, from R Communications, is senior vice president; and Debbie Flores, ex-KRGV-TV Weslaco, Texas, returns as vice president-integrated marketing ... Facebook appoints Nancy Killefer, ex-McKinsey & Co., and Tracey Travis, Estee Lauder Cos., to board ... GameStop announces Reggie Fils-Aime, ex-Nintendo; Bill Simon, ex-Walmart; and J.K. Symancyk, PetSmart, joining board; ex-CEO Dan DeMatteo; Gerald Szczepanski, ex-Gadzooks; Larry Zilavy, ex-Barnes and Noble; and Steve Koonin, Atlanta Hawks, retiring from board, effective June annual meeting, with Kathy Vrabeck, Korn Ferry, succeeding DeMatteo as chair; and Jerome Davis, ex-Jerome L. Davis & Associates, and Tom Kelly, ex-Nextel, retiring from the board, effective June 2021.
CompTIA names Laura Curtis, ex-California Chamber of Commerce, senior director-state government affairs, California and Hawaii ... Discovery appoints Neil Chugani, ex-Google, chief financial officer and head-strategy and operations, direct-to-consumer ... Vivek Stalam, ex-New Street Research, joining communications services focused hedge fund Zeno Research as analyst.
Davis Wright taps partner Mike Sloan to chair communications practice, succeeding Danielle Frappier, who moves to technology, privacy and security group, chairing technology products counseling (see this section, Jan. 27) ... Foley & Lardner adds to intellectual property department and electronics practice group as partners Eric Sophir and Gary Solomon; senior counsel Matthew Horton; and associate Kamyar Maserrat, all from Dentons.
U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith retiring, effective Sept. 1 ... World Intellectual Property Organization nominates Daren Tang, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, to director general; current DG Francis Gurry's term ends Sept. 30 ... Goodwin adds Geoff Ossias, ex-Perkins Coie; Sean Greaney, ex-Stubbs Alderton, and Tim Poydenis, ex-Cooley, as partners-technology ... Leonard Jacoby, ex-Cleary Gottlieb, joins Cooley as partner-technology transactions.
FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson hires Pallavi Guniganti, ex-Global Competition Review, as attorney-adviser, succeeding Keith Klover (see this section, March 4) ... Cleary Gottlieb names Bruce Hoffman, ex-FCC (see this section, Oct. 15) partner-global antitrust and litigation ... Center for Democracy & Technology announces Mallory Knodel, ex-Article19, is chief technology officer ... Kelsey Guyselman, from Information Technology Industry Council, joins Senate Commerce Committee as deputy policy director ... Emily Taylor, ex-House Budget Committee, becomes communications director, Senate Commerce Committee.