DOJ hires data scientist Laura Edelson, from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, as chief technologist-Expert Analysis Group … Kayhan Space appoints Sita Sonty, Boston Consulting Group partner, as a strategic adviser.
Tim McKone, ex-AT&T, launches McK Strategies political consulting and lobbying firm and joins Roberti Global as adviser-lobbying and advocacy … Newly merged analytics company of Information Resources Inc. and NPD names Microsoft’s Malli Vangala chief strategy officer, succeeding Wei Lin Wong, who moves to president-retail ... IHeartMedia promotes Colleen Grant to metro president-Detroit … President Joe Biden nominating Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ex-President Jeffrey Gedmin and former WJLA-TV anchor Kathleen Matthews, ex-Maryland Democratic Party chair, to U.S. Agency for Global Media’s International Broadcasting Advisory Board.
Senate confirms by unanimous consent Wednesday two of President Joe Biden's nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Travis LeBlanc, from Cooley and ex-FCC, and Richard DiZinno, National Insurance Crime Bureau vice president-strategy, policy and government affairs ... Senate confirms Nate Fick Thursday to be ambassador-at-large-cyberspace and digital policy (see 2209150049) … BSA|The Software Alliance hires Bruce Miller, from Kyndryl, as senior director-legislative strategy … Drew Griffin, ex-chief of staff to House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Bob Latta, R-Ohio, joins Invariant's government relations and communications team … Arkansas Public Service Commission Chairman Ted Thomas resigns, effective Oct. 1, saying “the time is right for me to take a different path.”
Competitive Carriers Association promotes Senior Vice President-Legislative Affairs Tim Donovan to president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Steven Berry, retiring at year-end (see 2209140061) … CrowdStrike names Illumio’s Jennifer Johnson chief marketing officer ... Comcast Advertising moves Chief Growth Officer Pooja Midha to executive vice president-general manager, Effectv, Comcast Cable’s advertising sales division, replacing James Rooke, who recently became president, Comcast Advertising ... AI communications company Dialpad recruits RingCentral’s Arnaud Budkiewicz as vice president-engineering ... Lattice Semiconductor adds Raejeanne Skillern, Flex president-communications, enterprise and cloud, also former Intel, to its board.
Josh Stager, from New America’s Open Technology Institute, says he’s joining Free Press as policy director … Former Rep. Michael Ferguson, R-N.J., will lead AT&T’s federal legislative relations team starting Oct. 3, replacing Tim McKone, retiring; Rhonda Johnson shifts to lead federal regulatory relations, replacing Joan Marsh, also retiring (see 2209130071 and 2205110068).
HWG telecom partner Stephanie Weiner leaves firm to become NTIA’s acting chief counsel … Madison Square Garden Sports President-CEO Andrew Lustgarten to step down at year-end and will join the board, effective Jan. 1, no CEO successor named; David Hopkinson, executive vice president and president-team business operations, named president-chief operating officer, effective immediately ... Mozilla announces Carlos Torres, ex-Flashbots and ex-Salesforce, as chief legal officer … IAB Tech Lab promotes Shailley Singh to executive vice president-product and chief operating officer, and Jill Wittkopp to vice president-product.
Newly promoted in Sinclair’s legal department: Ethan Haire to vice president-deputy general counsel; Kristi LeFaivre to vice president-associate general counsel; and Chase Bales and Nick Wittich to directors-associate general counsels ... Sally Bae promoted to senior vice president-global partnerships for AEG in Las Vegas, a joint venture partner with MGM Resorts International in T-Mobile Arena and MGM Grand Garden Arena ... Allied Esports Entertainment elevates Yinghua Chen to CEO; she will no longer be chief investment officer or board secretary, but will remain president; Lyle Berman, interim CEO since February, continues as board co-chairman, and assumes an additional new position as vice president-mergers and acquisitions.
Intel promotes Shlomit Weiss to senior vice president-general manager, design engineering, replacing Sunil Shenoy, retiring and remaining for transition and advising CEO through year-end; Navid Shahriari moves to co-GM ... Chipmaker SmartKem promotes Nigel Prue to chief accounting officer ... WWE recruits Dan Ventrelle, ex-NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, as executive vice president-talent, and Maurice Edelson from the Juilliard School, also former Time Warner and Viacom, as executive vice president-chief legal officer ... LG Ads Solutions, connected TV advertising platform, hires Tony Marlow from Integral Ad Science as global chief marketing officer; Barbie Brewer, ex-mParticle, as global head-human resources; and Edward Wale from Magnite as vice president-Europe ... Open finance platform MX Technologies names PayPal’s Nandita Gupta chief product officer ... UL Research Institutes hires Jill Crisman from DOD as executive director, Digital Intelligence Safety Research Institute ... Ribbon Communications adds Scott Mair, former AT&T president-networks engineering and operations, to its board, expanding it to nine members ... Nintex, process intelligence and automation company, adds Jeff Teper, Microsoft president-collaborative apps and platforms, to its board.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Brad Berry, from NAACP, returns to agency as senior adviser-diversity, equity and inclusion, and Deena Shetler moves from Office of Economics and Analytics to deputy chief of staff-administration … GSMA Chief Regulatory Officer John Giusti becoming president of association’s M4D Foundation, succeeding Lawrence Yanovitch, who stays through year-end for transition … Hunton Andrews expands its global privacy and cybersecurity practice, adding Sarah Pearce from Paul Hastings as a partner, London office.
Eutelsat hires Laurence Delpy from Palo Alto Networks as general manager-video business unit, effective immediately, and taps Cyril Dujardin from Atos as general manager-connectivity business unit, effective Oct. 10; Delpy and Dujardin to be added to Eutelsat’s executive committee, and Deputy CEO Michel Azibert will be interim general manager-connectivity business unit until Dujardin’s arrival ... Wendy Clark to depart as Dentsu International global CEO with the discontinuation of her role in global restructuring, effective Dec. 31, when she will also step down as director and executive officer ... KnowBe4, security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, adds VMware’s Ani Banerjee, also ex-Dell, Yahoo and AOL, as chief human resources officer.