Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Assistant Director-Cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra leaving year-end, reportedly for private sector ... Claudia Pabo, legal assistant to FCC Wireline Bureau Competition Policy Division chief and “longest-serving staffer” in division, according to Chairman Ajit Pai, retiring.
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios names Winter Casey and Lynne Parker, both ex-White House Office of Science and Technology, deputy U.S. CTOs and Eric Burger, ex-FCC, assistant director-telecom and cybersecurity ... Bronwyn Flores leaving CTA to become Metrc communications manager.
Viacom International Media Networks advances Pierluigi Gazzolo to president of OTT International and Viacom International Studios ... Novatech names Scott Stahl, ex-ASI Business Solutions, chief operating officer ... Astroscale announces Gene Fujii, ex-Orbcomm, as chief engineer, and Mike Lindsay, from OneWeb, as chief technology officer.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross names Cordell Hull, ex-House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, deputy undersecretary for industry and security, expected to replace acting Deputy Undersecretary Carol Rose, and moves Joe Semsar to deputy undersecretary at the International Trade Administration.
Haynes and Boone hires Eugene Goryunov, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, as partner-intellectual property litigation ... Anjelica Dortch, ex-OMB, joins IBM’s government and regulatory affairs team ... National Music Publishers’ Association hires Kerry Mustico, ex-Oppenheim and Zebrak, as senior vice president-legal and business affairs.
Reed Smith hires from Arent Fox Sarah Bruno as partner-global intellectual property, tech and data, and Casey Perrino as associate-data privacy and security counseling ... Subject Matter adds Bill Ghent, ex-The Lugar-Hellmann Group, to government relations team, including tech focus ... K2 Intelligence names former Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., senior adviser.
WarnerMedia appoints Steve Vest, ex-Venable, senior adviser-government relations ... Randy Clarke, ex-FCC, hired by CenturyLink as vice president-federal regulatory affairs ... Fish & Richardson adds Jenifer deWolf Paine, ex-Microsoft, as of counsel-trademark and copyright ... Thompson Hine adds Timothy Goodman, partner-transportation, and William Godfrey, director-mobility, automation and safety, both ex-Transportation Department and working on tech issues ... TechNet names Tyler Diers, ex-Illinois Chamber of Commerce, executive director-Illinois and Midwest.
National Association of State 911 Administrators hired Harriet Rennie-Brown, from state of Michigan, as executive director, to be effective Monday, succeeding Evelyn Bailey, retiring ... CommScope promotes Chris Collura to vice president-federal sales ... Fox expands role of Executive Vice President-Associate General Counsel Elizabeth Casey as senior member-litigation and intellectual property groups.
Baker Botts hires as partners from Taylor & Patchen Cheryl Cauley, intellectual property litigation, and Jonathan Patchen, technology litigation ... Neal Gerber names Timothy Nitsch, ex-Freeborn & Peters, partner-intellectual property, with expertise including cellular and telecom plus cellular charging ... Booz Allen taps Jerry Bessette, ex-Ankura Consulting, as senior vice president-commercial cyber incident response team.
WarnerMedia promotes Andrew Reinsdorf to senior vice president-government relations ... USTelecom advances Lorna Johnson to chief financial officer ... Society of Professional Journalists announces John Shertzer, ex-Indianapolis Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council, is executive director, SPJ and SPJ Foundation ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance hires consultant John Wehmann to facilitate administration of 900 MHz incumbent transition services.