FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told Thursday's meeting of commissioners that Chief Economist Glenn Woroch is returning to University of California, Berkeley, and retirements include Enforcement Bureau's Chris Killion and Steve Garner, who has worked in the Media Bureau ... InterDigital promotes in newly combined government affairs, marketing and communications team: Rob Stien to head the group as InterDigital executive vice president-chief communications and public policy officer, and Blair Watters to vice president-government relations and standards policy, working on standards such as 5G.
FTC Chair Lina Khan appoints Holly Vedova as Competition Bureau director and Samuel Levine as Consumer Protection Bureau director; Vedova and Levine have been in the posts in an acting capacity since June; move to elevate them gets commissioners' 5-0 OK ... California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer, whose term reportedly ends in 2027, resigns, effective year-end ... AMC Networks Chief Operating Officer Ed Carroll decides to step down but remains with the company through 2021.
Perkins Coie taps Eric Evans from Mayer Brown for Litigation practice as partner; he works on complex litigation and intellectual property and has represented technology companies ... Glen Echo Group hires Christopher Shannon, ex-Omnicom's GMMB, as creative director; Davey McKissick, ex-Forbes Tate Partners, senior director; Neville Martin, from Delucchi Plus, as director-finance; Doris Sump, formerly at International Downtown Association and Mercury Public Affairs, as senior associate; and Lama Mohammed as associate and after a fellowship at the firm.
FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says Sanford Williams moves up to Office of Managing Director deputy managing director and remains special adviser to Rosenworcel "on agency efforts to identify and expand opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved"; Joy Ragsdale, Enforcement Bureau field counsel, ascends to lead Office of Communications Business Opportunities ... AT&T Assistant Vice President-Corporate Communications, Policy Michael Balmoris leaves, effective Dec. 1 ... Staff Director David Strickland, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, named General Motors vice president-global regulatory affairs.
At Association of American Railroads' Transportation Technology Center, Kari Gonzales advances to president, a job she did since June on an acting basis ... PBS promotes Sara DeWitt to senior vice president and general manager-children’s media and education ... Copyright Office names recent American University Washington College of Law graduate Keyana Pusey a fellow, Ringer Copyright Honors Program, a two-year appointment.
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.