Wilson Sonsini taps Keith Klovers, from FTC, as of counsel-antitrust ... Vivint Smart Home's Alex Dunn stepping down as president, remaining adviser through March 2021, with Chief Operating Officer Scott Hardy assuming many of his daily responsibilities; promotes Dale Gerard to chief financial officer and Todd Santiago to chief revenue officer; moves JT Hwang to chief technology officer; and Matthew Eyring, executive vice president and general manager-inside sales, and Jeremy Warren, chief technology officer, both “leaving to pursue other opportunities.”
Wilkinson Barker hires Suzanne Tetreault, ex-FCC (see this section, Jan. 31), as partner-telecom and media ... CTIA appoints Michael Mullinix, ex-FCC (see this section, March 2), director-regulatory affairs ... NAB names Liliana Ranon, from Obama Foundation, vice president-external affairs ... Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue advances Bette Brand to deputy undersecretary-rural development, succeeding DJ LaVoy, retires ... Wilson Sonsini taps Victor Jih, from Irell & Manella, as partner-internet strategy and litigation.
Sheppard Mullin hires Allison Martin Rhodes, ex-Holland & Knight, as deputy general counsel-legal ethics, including tech ... FTC Deputy General Counsel Heather Hippsley retires ... FCC says Michael Mullinix, electronics engineer, resigning from International Bureau ... Wind River appoints Kevin Dallas, ex-Microsoft, CEO and board member; Jim Douglas, stepping down, remaining adviser during transition.
Mercury advances Nicole Flotteron to partner-global digital ... Boeing names Susan Doniz, from Qantas Group, chief information officer and senior vice president-information technology and data analytics, effective in May, succeeding Vishwa Uddanwadiker, who holds interim post ... Facebook hires Zvika Krieger, from World Economic Forum, as director-responsible innovation ... Genny Morelli, ex-ITTA that's now closed, starts Morelli Consulting for telecom policy consulting.
Keith Block steps down as Salesforce co-CEO, remaining adviser; Marc Benioff is chair-CEO; Gavin Patterson advances to president-CEO, international ... Peach appoints Ben Regensburger, from SevenOne Media, CEO ... Lifetime names Amy Winter, ex-UPtv, executive vice president and head-programming ... Entercom promotes Timothy Holly to senior vice president-market manager, Entercom Buffalo.
With Searchlight Capital Partners and ForgeLight media and consumer technology investor agreeing to buy most of Univision from all stockholders other than Televisa, ForgeLight founder Wade Davis becomes Univision CEO upon close, expected "later this year"; Univision CEO through then is Vince Sadusky, spokesperson confirms; no word on his next plans.
America's Communications Association hires Mike Jacobs as vice president-regulatory affairs; he came from ITTA, which is closing (see 2001150052); at ACA, Jacobs succeeds Mary Lovejoy, who left the cable association in June for the FCC, where she's attorney-adviser, Office of Economics and Analytics Auctions Division ... T-Mobile amends Executive Vice President-Corporate Services David Carey’s employment to end automatically July 1, with position termination April 30-July 1 ... Nick Martin, ex-Forbes Tate Partners, becomes communications director, office of Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash. ... WarnerMedia Entertainment integrates content acquisitions team across entertainment networks and direct-to-consumer business under Michael Quigley, executive vice president-content acquisitions, with Senior Vice Presidents Jonathan Melber for content acquisition, HBO Max, and Royce Battleman, for content acquisition, HBO, Cinemax, TNT, TBS and truTV; while Chris Grunden and Leslie Cohen add responsibilities for film acquisitions for HBO Max ... Taxpayers Protection Alliance adds Targeted Victory Vice President Nathan Leamer, ex-FCC, to board ... Center for a New American Security names Charles Clancy, Mitre; Jessica Cussins Newman, Future of Life Institute; and Chris Whitlock, Deloitte to Artificial Intelligence and National Security Task Force ... Content & Connectivity Human Resources appoints Kara Anderson, ESPN, and Jennifer Dunn, AMC Networks, to board.
Crowell & Moring adds Caroline Brown, ex-Treasury Department, as partner-international trade, including Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review ... Global Cyber Alliance hires Leslie Daigle, ex-Internet Society, global technical officer, and Michael Tanji, ex-Carbon Black, global marketing officer and chief of staff ... Beacon Global Strategies announces Diane Rinaldo, ex-NTIA, as senior vice president ... Public Knowledge names Alex Petros, ex-office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., policy counsel, and Lisa Macpherson, ex-Pernod Ricard, senior policy fellow, and promotes Charlotte Slaiman to competition policy director ... Anna Lenhart, ex-IBM, joins House Antitrust Subcommittee as Tech Congress Fellow.
BakerHostetler announces Ann O’Brien, ex-DOJ, as partner-antitrust and competition ... Public Knowledge hires Sara Collins, ex-Future of Privacy Forum, as policy counsel.
Mintz hires Andrew Thorpe as member-securities and capital markets, including fintech, internet, semiconductor and telecom ... Wireless Infrastructure Association promotes Stephen Keegan to associate counsel-government affairs ... CompTIA announces Steve Kidera, ex-Tegna, as senior director-communications and public affairs.