Latham & Watkins adds Makan Delrahim, former DOJ antitrust chief, as a partner-Antitrust and Competition Practice and member-Litigation and Trial Department … Disney hires Kristina Schake from White House COVID-19 vaccine education campaign as executive vice president-global communications ... RealNetworks appoints Mike Cooley, ex-Sprint Nextel, president-KONTXT, messaging and telecom, newly created position … Sports media company Dazn Group taps former Sky Deutschland executive Alice Mascia as CEO-Germany, Austria and Switzerland, effective May 1.
NTIA announces Herb Tyson, ex-State Department, as director-intergovernmental affairs, and Evan Feinman, chief broadband adviser to then-Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., as deputy associate administrator-broadband equity, access and deployment … Competitive Carriers Association hires Angela Simpson, ex-ZTE USA, as general counsel/senior vice president-legal and regulatory affairs … NCTA appoints Kyle Dixon, ex-WarnerMedia, as vice president/deputy general counsel-program network policy; Jeff Freeland, former Trump administration liaison to House members, as vice president-government relations; and Becky Tangren, from CableLabs, as vice president/associate general counsel-wireless and spectrum policy; association also promotes Lee Friedman to deputy chief-federal legislative affairs.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Narda Jones, from White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is returning to FCC mid-month to become chief of staff, and Priscilla Delgado Argeris, ex-Meta Platforms and also rejoining agency, becomes chief legal adviser, effective immediately (see 2204040059) ... Texas Democrat Filemon Vela resigns from Congress to become partner in Akin Gump’s public law and policy practice … TechFreedom names Jason Kuznicki, ex-Cato Institute, editor-in-chief ... Spire appoints Benjamin Hackman, from Boeing, as head-investor relations ... New Jersey Board of Public Utilities appoints Henry Gajda, from the state’s League of Conservation Voters, as deputy chief of staff, filling position vacated by Taryn Boland in November.
BlackBerry promotes Tim Foote to vice president-investor relations ... Cryptocurrency token SafeMoon announces Jonathan White from Goal Line Productions as studio manager and head-video production ... Blockchain company Binance hires Microsoft’s Rohit Wad as chief technology officer and Mayur Kamat, ex-Agoda, as head-product ... Senate confirms Alan Estevez, former assistant defense secretary under President Barack Obama, as Commerce undersecretary-Bureau of Industry and Security ... Brightcove announces retirement of Deborah Besemer as board chairman, naming current board member Diane Hessan, Salient Ventures, as her successor, both effective at 2022 annual meeting.
Dish Network names Narayan Iyengar, ex-Disney, executive vice president-chief operating officer, replacing John Swieringa, who remains wireless segment president-COO ... Access Partnership appoints William Webb, former Ofcom chief technology officer, as CTO … Tape Consultancy, which analyzes TV and digital trends, moves Beatrice Rossmanith to managing director, and says managing directors Paul Youngbluth and John Peek are leaving the company this summer ... Comtech taps Maria Hedden from Leidos as chief operating officer ... Data streaming platform Confluent announces RingCentral’s Gunjan Aggarwal as chief people officer ... Internet media company Travelzoo hires former Conde Nast executive Rhea Saran as global head-brand and content.
Algorithmic Justice League hires Tawana Petty, from Data for Blacks Lives, as director-community, and Jose Lizarraga from the University of Colorado-Boulder as education engagement coordinator … SoundExchange promotes Anjula Singh to chief financial officer and chief operating officer ... Callisto Media hires Travel Leaders Group’s Steve DeLorenzo, also ex-PR Newswire, as chief financial officer ... CBS News and Stations promotes Kathy Hostetter, from its Pittsburgh market, to vice president-general manager, local businesses in Baltimore, including WJZ-TV … TV audience measurement company 605 taps former Comcast executive Frank Deo as executive vice president-engineering ... Nexstar Networks hires Beyond PR Group’s Beth Feldman as executive director-communications, effective April 4 ... White House sends to Senate nomination of Travis LeBlanc, from Cooley and ex-FCC, as member of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for term expiring Jan. 29, 2028.
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter appoints Jacklyn Napier, ex-Navy Department, as Copyright Office assistant register-director of operations … Cybersecurity platform Black Kite taps former Gartner analyst Jeffrey Wheatman as senior vice president-cyber risk evangelist ... FedEx promotes Raj Subramaniam to president-CEO-elect, effective immediately, assuming his full role June 1 when Chairman-CEO Fred Smith becomes executive chairman; Brad Martin named non-executive vice chairman and is board’s designated successor to be chairman ... SBA Communications elects Lamar Advertising CFO Jay Johnson to its board ... Dropbox adds Abhay Parasnis, ex-Adobe, to board.
Lumen Technologies hires Chris Stansbury from Arrow Electronics as chief financial officer, effective April 4; with Stansbury’s departure, Arrow names Rick Seidlitz, vice president-corporate controller and principal accounting officer, to the interim role of principal financial officer, effective April 1 ... Electric-vehicle charging network Volta announces resignations of CEO and founder Scott Mercer and President and co-founder Chris Wendel from the company and the board, effective immediately, saying Mercer will be an adviser to the board through March 31, 2023; independent directors Vince Cubbage and Kathy Savitt named co-chairs ... Cybersecurity company Keyavi Data adds Gary Hayslip, chief information security officer for SoftBank Group and SoftBank Investment Advisers, to its board.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) appoints Mark Vasconi, from the state’s Utilities and Transportation Commission, director of the State Broadband Office within the Commerce Department, effective April 1 … FuboTV names former Univision executive Henry Ahn chief business officer, newly created position, transitioning from his current role as fuboTV board member, effective early April; former NFL executive Julie Haddon, owner of National Women’s Soccer League’s Chicago Red Stars, added to fuboTV board, effective immediately.
Yahoo taps Endeavor’s Alicin Reidy Williamson as chief diversity and culture officer ... Movado Group hires Eran Cohen from St. John Knits as CEO of its MVMT brand ... Digital identity platform Unstoppable Domains hires Sajjad Rehman from Twitch as head-Europe and taps former IBM executive Nilkanth Iyer as head-Asia ... Scripps Research names Away CEO Jen Rubio to its board and adds her husband, Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield, as a board observer ... Oracle adds Awo Ablo from Tony Blair Institute for Global Change to its board, expanding it to 15 members.