CPB advances Katherine Arno to vice president-community service grants and station initiatives ... Nielsen names Sean Cohan, from A+E Networks, chief growth officer and president-international; advances Peter Bradbury to chief commercial officer-U.S.; and moves Karthik Rao to chief operating officer-Nielsen global media.
America’s Communications Association hires John Higginbotham, ex-Frankfort Plant Board, as executive vice president-membership and finance and chief of staff, succeeding Rob Shema (see this section, Feb. 14) ... Perkins Coie announces partners, from Vinson & Elkins, Andy Smetana, corporate-tech; Craig Tyler, patent litigation; and Wendy Wang, intellectual property; and from Wilson Sonsini, Jose Villarreal, also patent litigation ... DLA Piper taps, from Squire Patton, Matthew Miller as partner-cryptocurrency; Robert Nolan, partner-intellectual property; and Michael Fluhr, of counsel-blockchain and digital assets ... Industry Data Exchange Association names David Oldfather, ex-Jigsaw Systems, president-CEO.
America’s Communications Association Executive Vice President Rob Shema leaving to become CEO of ACA member ComNet, effective March 23 ... Van Bloys, ex-Davis Wright, becomes Crown Castle senior utility relations counsel ... Now at USTelecom is Director-Policy and Advocacy Farhan Chughtai, an FCC filing shows (see 2002130023); group tells us he was hired in April; Chughtai previously was at the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan becomes chief judge, succeeding Merrick Garland, who completes term, continues as active member of court ... Baker McKenzie taps Derek Liu, ex-Wilson Sonsini, as partner-mergers and acquisitions, tech ... Jessica Rich, ex-FTC, joins Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy as distinguished fellow.
Merchant & Gould announces James Beard, ex-Sherman & Howard, as partner-intellectual property litigation ... Hogan Lovells appoints Katelyn Petroka, ex-CNN, as specialist-strategic communications team ... SES appoints Sandeep Jalan, from Aperam, chief financial officer, effective May 6, succeeding Andrew Browne, who stepped down in October ... Sinclair hires Allyson Meyers, ex-Fox, for vice president-general manager, KTUL-TV Tulsa.
Wilkinson Barker promotes Lynne Montgomery to partner-telecom and satellite communications ... Hill Kertscher taps Jerry Liu, ex-Amin Turocy, as partner-intellectual property and litigation.
National Institute of Standards and Technology and Information Technology Laboratory announce Jeff Greene, ex-Symantec, is director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence ... House Republican Steering Committee recommends Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Judiciary Committee ranking member, effective March 12, to replace Doug Collins, R-Ohio, running for Senate, and North Carolina’s Mark Meadows for Jordan’s top spot on Oversight Committee ... Pacific Gas and Electric names Francisco Benavides, from Alcoa, vice president-chief safety officer.
Manatt Phelps names Amar Thakur and Bruce Zisser, both ex-Quinn Emanuel, partners-technology and intellectual property litigation ... Energy Department swears in Cheryl Ingstad, ex-3M, as director, Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office ... Kentucky Public Service Commission moves adviser Kent Chandler to executive director, succeeding Gwen Pinson, leaving for private sector ... Intellectual property lawyer Bill Coughlin returns to Harness Dickey as its first CEO ... Microsoft's LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner moving to executive chairman; Ryan Roslansky, advancing to CEO, effective June 1 ... GoPro appoints Brian McGee chief operating officer in addition to his role as chief financial officer ... IMedia Chief Financial Officer Michael Porter departs; CEO Tim Peterman becomes interim CFO ... Great Plains Communications names Tony Thakur, ex-Unitas Global, chief technology officer.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appoints David Gooder, from Brown-Forman, Patent and Trademark Office commissioner-trademarks ... BBB National Programs appoints Mary Engle, ex-FTC (see this section, Jan. 22), executive vice president-policy ... House Commerce hires Callie Strock, from office of Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, as press secretary ... American Continental Group taps Dana Colarulli as partner-intellectual property policy; he continues as executive director-Licensing Executives Society International ... InterDigital promotes Rob Stien to executive vice president-chief public policy officer.
Attorney General William Barr moves Office of Information Policy acting Director Bobby Talebian to permanent post, replacing Melanie Ann Pustay, retired ... Facebook hires Dan Ball, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as public policy director ... Phone2Action adds Faisal Siddiqui, ex-Virtru, as chief technology officer; Marina Devalia, ex-Higher Logic, as vice president-marketing; Matt Melnick, ex-Vocus, as senior vice president-sales; and Shelli Holland, from Frontpoint, is vice president-human resources.