K&L Gates hires Jeffrey Gargano from Morgan Lewis as partner, Intellectual Property Litigation Practice; his work includes technology, regulatory, patent and antitrust issues ... Mike Schroepfer says he decides to step down as Facebook chief technology officer, being succeeded by Andrew Bosworth "at some point in 2022"; CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Schroepfer becomes platform's first senior fellow and Bosworth continues leading Facebook Reality Labs and overseeing augmented reality and virtual reality.
Intelligent Transportation Society of America hires Kristin White, leaving as executive director of Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Connected and Automated Vehicle Office, for ITS America chief operating officer; Tracy Larkin Thomason, who joined the group in 2021 from Nevada Department of Transportation, moves up to senior vice president-business development; and American Public Transportation Association's Nicole DuPuis joins ITSA to succeed Larkin Thomason as vice president-mobility on demand and emerging technology ... Samsung Electronics America taps HP alumnus Alvin Chan as senior director-public policy.
K&L Gates Intellectual Property practice adds Whitney McCollum from Aecom as a privacy partner, technology transactions, privacy and sourcing practice ... SoundExchange hires Vanessa French from Brinks Home as vice president-communications and content strategy ... Trimble adds Poppy Crum from Dolby Labs as chief technology officer and Google’s Jennifer Lin as chief platform officer ... Nominations sent to Senate for Alvaro Bedoya to be FTC commissioner for term ending Sept. 26, 2026, with Rohit Chopra's term expired; Marisa Lago for undersecretary of commerce-international trade; and John Sherman for DOD chief information officer from acting CIO.
SiriusXM adds EY’s Jasmin Chanana as senior vice president-digital and customer experience, and Disney’s Kimberly Wilson as senior vice president-brand and advertising, and hires Anne Milan Alo from Netflix as executive creative director ... Xerox promotes Deena LaMarque Piquion to chief marketing officer and adds her to its executive committee ... Fintech company Brex hires GoDaddy’s Karen Tillman, also former Cisco and Oracle, as its first chief communications officer.
T-Mobile US names Mark Nelson from Cleary Gottlieb executive vice president-general counsel; current General Counsel Dave Miller retires, effective April 1 ... BGR Group promotes Justin Rzepka to co-chair, Commerce Practice, and Robin Colwell to senior vice president, now full time; the lobbying and public relations firm has broadband, semiconductor and other clients ... Ex-Intel Senior Counsel Norberto Salinas begins Salinas Strategies "government relations consultancy"; he has worked on patent policy, communications, IoT and AI issues.
Telephone and Data Systems promotes Colleen Thompson to vice president-corporate relations, effective Sept. 27; Jane McCahon stays in her current role as senior vice president-corporate relations and corporate secretary until May, when she becomes vice president-corporate secretary ... Nexstar names Lloyd Bucher vice president-general manager, broadcast and digital operations in Charlotte, effective Sept. 29 ... Center for a New American Security names ex-inaugural director-DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Jack Shanahan adjunct senior fellow-Technology and National Security Program, doing research on military adoption of AI ... In ColoHouse collocation services provider buy of data center firm Lume Cloud, Lume CEO Kyle Verzello continues "to lead the cloud-based product suites and teams" ... Connected learning platform Chegg names Squarespace CFO Marcela Martin to its board ... Cybersecurity company Coalfire adds ex-Ping Identity CFO Michael Sullivan to its board.
Wireless Infrastructure Association promotes Matt Mandel to senior vice president-government and public affairs; Marta Sokol to chief financial officer; Tracy Ford to vice president-member services; and Michael Barrett to senior associate-sales and business development ... DLA Piper moves Washington Managing Partner Smitty Smith to chair, Regulatory and Government Affairs practice ... Facebook adds outgoing Senate Commerce Committee Democratic Staff Director John Branscome, who's retiring (see 2109070061), to be liaison with White House and executive branch agencies.
USTelecom promotes Trevor Jones to vice president-government affairs ... Analog Devices taps Janene Asgeirsson from Acacia Communications as senior vice president-chief legal officer and corporate secretary ... International Trade Commission promotes Monica Bhattacharyya from its Office of Unfair Import Investigations to administrative law judge for Tariff Act Section 337 patent infringement cases.
Wireless Infrastructure Association hires Sasha Galbreath, ex-Clyde Group, and Marshall Miller, ex-DDC Public Affairs, as public affairs managers ... Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden promotes Judith Conklin to chief information officer and John Rutledge to deputy chief information officer; Conklin becomes "primary adviser" to Hayden on "all technology matters" and an executive committee voting member ... Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency adds Kiersten Todt, ex-Cyber Readiness Institute, as CISA chief of staff.
Kelley Drye hires ex-FTC officials Jessica Rich, who remains a fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy, as of counsel, and Laura Riposo VanDruff from AT&T, as partner; they join the law firm’s Privacy and Advertising practice groups ... OneWeb adds Chris Moore, ex-U.K. official, as vice president-international government and trade engagement, Government and Regulatory Affairs Team ... Covington taps ex-Senate Judiciary Committee General Counsel Nick Xenakis for the law firm's Public Policy practice as special counsel ... TechNet promotes Meghan Pearce to manager-federal policy.