Wireless ISP Association hires Steve Schwerbel, ex-Wisconsin Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, as manager-state government affairs, new position … Brightcove taps ViacomCBS Chief Digital Officer Marc DeBevoise as CEO and adds him to the board, effective March 28, succeeding Jeff Ray, retiring.
Wilkinson Barker taps Matt Gerst, ex-CTIA, as partner focusing on telecommunications and state regulation … California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appoints Office of Digital Innovation Director Amy Tong to be California Government Operations Agency secretary … NPR hires Will Lee, ex-Meredith, as chief operating officer.
USTelecom announces Executive Vice President Allison Remsen is now also the association’s first chief strategy officer … Michigan Public Service Commission moves Shatina Jones to equity and inclusion officer, new post.
Iridium promotes Kathy Morgan to chief legal officer, succeeding Tom Hickey ... TechNet names Ashley Sutton from Agile Public Affairs as executive director-Washington and the Northwest ... Latham & Watkins adds from Skadden Arps Rachel Blitzer as counsel, Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and as member, Litigation and Trial Department; she works "across a broad range of technologies, including software applications."
DLA Piper hires from SpaceX Matt Botwin to Telecom practice as a principal; his focus is satellite and space ... MPA hires from Comcast's NBCUniversal Kathy Banuelos as senior vice president-state government affairs, effective March 21; Vans Stevenson, who led the association's State Government Affairs Department, becomes senior adviser.
Lumos/NorthState adds from USTelecom Mike Saperstein as head-government affairs and general counsel; Nora Mitchell from Segra becomes corporate controller; Saperstein succeeds Mary McDermott, who retires ... NTIA names Common Sense Media Washington Director April McClain-Delaney deputy assistant secretary, Commerce-communications and information; and former Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke as special representative for broadband.
Morgan Lewis adds David Plotinsky, ex-DOJ’s Foreign Investment Review Section, as partner, working on national security, telecom and transactions subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. ... Life360 appoints Kirsten Daru as general counsel-chief privacy officer; she was general counsel of Tile, which Life360 recently acquired.
Crypto Council for Innovation names Sheila Warren from World Economic Forum as CEO ... National Geographic Society hires Georgetown University’s Kristi Craig as chief investment officer, effective Feb. 15, and Tony Luckett, ex-Meta, as vice president-business development, both newly created roles.
WilmerHale adds former FTC officials Jennifer Milici, ex-Competition Bureau, and Dominic Vote, ex-Mergers II Division, as partners, Antitrust Group; Milici also joins the Trial Practice; both "anticipate officially beginning at the firm in March" ... SoftBank Group announces Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure departs the company “by mutual agreement,” and moves Michel Combes to replace him as CEO, SoftBank Group International.
Manatt Phelps adds Nathaniel Bach from Gibson Dunn to its entertainment litigation practice as a partner in its Los Angeles office ... ICANN Chief Security, Stability and Resiliency Officer John Crain becomes senior vice president-chief technology officer; he now reports to President-CEO Goran Marby; Crain succeeds David Conrad, who left in October ... Soundtrack Your Brand, digital music streaming service for businesses, hires Recording Academy’s Lisa Farris as chief marketing officer.