Motion Picture Association hires Karyn Temple, U.S. Copyright Office, as senior executive vice president-global general counsel, effective Jan. 13 ... FCC appoints Francisco Salguero, ex-Agriculture Department, chief information officer; John Skudlarek has been acting CIO ... Lisa Casias, ex-Commerce Department Office of Chief Financial Officer, joins FirstNet as deputy CEO ... ICANN advances Mandy Carver to senior vice president-government and intergovernmental organization engagement ... Brianna Manzelli, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, becomes FAA assistant administrator-communications.
NCTA names Mary Beth Murphy, ex-Facebook, vice president and deputy general counsel-legal and regulatory affairs ... GCI appoints Rebecca Windt Pearson general counsel; she's from Municipality of Anchorage and begins at the company Feb. 1; she succeeds Tina Pidgeon, resigns year-end and adviser through April 15; Pearson had previously worked for the cable-telco ... Consumer Reports hires Cyrus Rassool, from Glen Echo Group, as associate director-strategic communications for technology and privacy, with newly launched Digital Lab.
Comcast Senior Executive Vice President David Cohen stepping down from operational responsibilities, effective Jan. 1, moving to senior counselor to CEO Brian Roberts ... Lead House GOP FCC and FTC appropriator House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee ranking member Tom Graves, Ga., won't seek re-election.
Frontier Communications appoints Bernie Han, ex-Dish Network, president-CEO and board member, succeeding Daniel McCarthy, stepping down ... Interactive Advertising Bureau President Patrick Dolan departing in June ... Uber names Brian Barnard, from Transportation Department, senior manager-federal affairs ... With CommScope realigning into four segments, effective Jan. 1, Ben Cardwell becomes head-venue and campus; Kevin Keefe, broadband; Farid Firouzbakht, outdoor wireless; and Joe Chow, home networks ... Entercom promotes Karyn Cerulli to senior vice president-market manager, San Diego, succeeding Bob Bolinger, stepping down “to pursue other interests” ... Nexstar advances Paula Jackson to vice president and general manager-broadcasting and digital operations in market covering Bristol, Virginia, and Tennessee’s Johnson City and Kingsport ... TA Associates names Charles Ha, ex-General Catalyst, as vice president-North America technology ... Advanced Systems Group taps Steve Young, ex-Sony, as head-business operations and organizational development, systems integration business.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai becomes also Alphabet CEO; Alphabet CEO Larry Page and President Sergey Brin leave their roles, remaining shareholders and board members ... Wiley Rein promotes Henry Gola to partner, and Daniel Brooks and Kathryne Dickerson to of counsel, all telecom, media and technology ... Brendan Parets, ex-office of Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., rejoins Covington & Burling as special counsel-congressional investigations and lobbying, telecom, technology and judiciary ... Cable and communications lawyer Craig Gilley leaves Mintz for Venable.
Motion Picture Association names David Hudson, ex-Accountable.US, senior director-digital content and social media ... Charles River Associates names as vice presidents-antitrust and competition economics Fei Deng, Gregory Leonard, Mario Lopez, Stephen Rusek and Noah Schwartz, all ex-Edgeworth Economics ... FTI Consulting adds Joshua Burch, ex-British government, and Kyung Kim, ex-FBI, as senior managing directors and heads-cybersecurity, respectively, for Europe, Middle East and Africa region and for Asia Pacific.
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates elects Jackie Roberts, West Virginia, Consumer Advocate Division, president; Chris Ayers, North Carolina Utilities Commission, vice president; William Fine, Indiana Office Utility Consumer Counselor, treasurer; Rebecca Tepper, Energy Division, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, secretary; and Delaware Public Advocate Andrew Slater; Michael Moody, Michigan Office of Attorney General; and Washington state Assistant Attorney General Lisa Gafken, executive committee members.
FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Chief Julius Knapp, described by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai as an “FCC institution” who has “delivered incalculable value for American consumers over the years,” retiring Jan. 3 after 45 years at the commission (see 1911270046).
Charter Spectrum names Alicia Berhow, ex-Orange County (California) Business Council, director-state government affairs, working on local issues ... EU and European Parliament committees confirm acting European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski for five-year mandate for permanent supervisor post ... Airgain Chief Financial Officer Anil Doradla leaving, continuing as adviser and providing transitional, consulting services ... Disney Plus appoints Chris Loveall, ex-AMC, vice president-content, international ... IP Infusion taps Rakesh Dubey, ex-Juniper, as vice president-engineering ... NARUC appoints Nebraska Public Service Commissioner Crystal Rhoades co-vice chair, Telecom Committee.
With FCC's Michael Scurato back from paternity leave, he resumes post as acting legal adviser-media and consumer protection, office of Commissioner Geoffrey Starks; and Scurato's replacement, Gavin Logan, returned Nov. 12 to permanent post as Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division attorney adviser ... Goodwin appoints partner and Vice Chairman Stuart Cable to global chair-mergers and acquisitions, new role, with focus including technology.