SMPTE announces Barbara Lange will step down as executive director when her contract expires year-end; SMPTE board will launch search for her successor ... NCTA Senior Vice President-Industry and Association Affairs Rob Stoddard to retire, effective Jan. 3 ... CPB names Stephen Wilkins, ex-Alexandria (Virginia) City Public Schools, as senior vice president-human resources and diversity, equity and inclusion, effective Dec. 6; he reports directly to President-CEO Patricia Harrison ... Georgetown Law's Center on National Security appoints ex-Cisco Chief Legal Officer Mark Chandler a senior fellow, National Security and Technology Program.
When Intelsat exits bankruptcy and a successor is found to run the company (see 2110210004), CEO Stephen Spengle will leave ... Eutelsat says CEO Rodolphe Belmer tells the board he plans "to step down at the beginning of 2022" ... Silicon Flatirons names Peter Tenhula, ex-NTIA, a senior fellow affiliated with Spectrum Policy Initiative.
Internet Association promotes John Olsen to senior vice president-state government affairs ... Jared Sher, from NCTA, joins Roku as vice president-senior policy counsel ... Ex-FCC Public Safety Bureau Special Counsel-Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Jennifer Holtz goes to JSI as vice president-regulatory affairs ... Universal Service Administrative Co. veteran Kimberly Lacey Morning joins Morgan Lewis as of counsel, Telecommunications, Media, and Technology practice group; she previously worked at a predecessor to the law firm, Bingham McCutchen.
BakerHostetler hires ex-FTC Consumer Protection Bureau acting Director Daniel Kaufman as partner and member, Digital Assets and Data Management practice group, working with the group’s advertising, privacy, emerging technology and cybersecurity teams ... Charter Communications announces President-Chief Operating Officer John Bickham as vice chairman, ahead of his previously announced retirement at the end of 2022; promotes Chris Winfrey to COO; moves Jessica Fischer to chief financial officer, succeeding Winfrey; and gives Rich DiGeronimo oversight for Charter's network operations in addition to his existing responsibilities as chief product and technology officer ... Toluna hires Verint’s Kevin Daly, also ex-Nielsen, as chief sales officer, newly created role.
Paul Hastings' Seth Zachary steps down as chairman next October and is succeeded by Frank Lopez, co-head, Securities and Capital Markets practice and partner, Leverage Finance practice, who's also elected managing partner, effective this month, along with FCC alumna Sherrese Smith, vice chair, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and partner, Media, Technology and Telecommunications practice; managing partners Greg Nitzkowski and Ronan O’Sullivan ending their terms this month, and Nitzkowski continues as partner until January 2023, when he retires, and O’Sullivan stays as partner.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hires Erie Meyer, returning to CFPB as chief technologist; she was senior adviser-policy planning to FTC Chair Lina Khan and the commission's chief technologist, and previously advised then-Commissioner Rohit Chopra; Chopra now leads CFPB (see this section, Oct. 13 issue) ... DCI Group adds to Digital and Social Media team: Laszlo Baksay, ex-U.S. Army, as a director; National Republican Congressional Committee alumnus Chris Billeter rejoins as a director; Catherine Summa from Engage as senior account executive; Chad DuBois from a foundation as account manager; and ex-intern Mia Walsh-Serpico becomes account associate.
Finsbury Glover hires Colleen Bell, ex-legislative director for Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., as managing director; separately, Finsbury Glover is combining with Sard Verbinnen "to create the world’s leading strategic communications firm" including "government affairs, corporate reputation, crisis management"; the deal is expected to be completed in Q4; leaders include George Sard, who joins Roland Rudd and Carter Eskew as co-chairmen; Alexander Geiser is global CEO; Mike Feldman and Paul Verbinnen are co-chairs, North America; and Andrew Cole is deputy global CEO and co-CEO, North America, with Joel Johnson, Paul Kranhold and Winnie Lerner.
Fordham Law School says its professor Olivier Sylvain becomes senior adviser to FTC Chair Lina Khan, advising "on rulemaking and emerging tech, among other issues"; his leave from Fordham is in 2022 ... Digital Media Association hires Kirsten Donaldson from Donaldson Law Group as DiMA vice president-legal ... Covington's Corporate Practice Group promotes Jessica Milner to of counsel, working on matters including technology and IP transactions.
Commissioner Rohit Chopra’s last day at FTC was Friday; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says his first day at CFPB was Monday ... Womble Bond adds to Communications, Technology and Media team with hiring of Jeff Lanning from Lumen as of counsel ... Software & Information Industry Association adds to Policy team Divya Sridhar, ex-ExcelinEd, as senior director-data policy ... CTIA hires Trevor Jones from USTelecom as assistant vice president-government affairs ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission elects Commissioner John Coleman as vice chairman through 2022, succeeding ex-Vice Chairman David Sweet, whose term as commissioner ended Sept. 30.
International Association of Privacy Professionals promotes Caitlin Fennessy to vice president-chief knowledge officer, following departure of Omer Tene (see this section, Oct. 7); Tene becomes IAPP senior Westin fellow ... Center for a New American Security names Laura Brent, ex-NATO, to CNAS Technology and National Security Program as senior fellow, directing research for Digital Freedom Forum and "focusing on the geopolitical implications of emerging technologies."