House Commerce Committee promotes Deputy Staff Director Tiffany Guarascio to staff director, replacing Jeff Carroll, leaving Capitol Hill; General Counsel Waverly Gordon adds title of deputy staff director ... North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) reappoints Charlotte Mitchell as Public Utilities Commission chair.
Kelley Drye promotes to partner New York litigator Levi Downing, focusing on trademark, trade dress, copyright, false advertising, unfair competition ... In ViacomCBS leadership simplification, Chris McCarthy promoted to president-CEO, MTV Entertainment Group, and Brian Robbins to president-CEO, Nickelodeon; George Cheeks, CBS president-CEO, adds responsibility for a global content strategy across ViacomCBS’ FTA networks around the world; Dan Cohen, president-ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, adds distribution of ViacomCBS International Studios content.
Charter names Ashley Baker Hayes, ex-Sanofi, vice president-legislative Affairs ... Matthew Derella resigns as Twitter customers lead, effective Aug. 6 ... President Joe Biden nominates Jennifer Sung, ex-Oregon Employment Relations Board, to seat on 9th U.S. Court of Appeals ...
Supply chain security company Finite State adds Eric Greenwald from the National Security Council under President Barack Obama as general counsel; taps Hewlett Packard’s Mark Hodgson as its first executive vice president-marketing; and hires Jeff Martin from WhiteSource Software as vice president-product ... Software company Freshworks hires Comcast’s Randi Bryant as its first chief diversity and inclusion officer.
Kevin Amer moves up to acting general counsel and associate register of copyrights at the U.S. Copyright Office, effective July 2, when current General Counsel Regan Smith departs ... Toshiba America Business Solutions promotes Larry White to president-CEO, effective July 1, to succeed retiring Scott Maccabe, named an adviser to Toshiba Tec parent company ... LiDAR systems provider AEye hires Sense Photonics’ Hod Finkelstein, also ex-Intel, as chief R&D officer.
FTC confirms Chair Lina Khan names three officials, who have been advisers to Commissioner Rohit Chopra, to new posts: Holly Vedova as acting director, Competition Bureau; Sam Levine for acting director, Consumer Protection Bureau; and Erie Meyer is the agency’s chief technologist and policy adviser to Khan ... Covington & Burling taps Brian Nester, ex-Sidley Austin, as partner, Patent Litigation Practice; his telecom and chip clients included Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung.
ViacomCBS moves Tanya Giles to chief programming officer-streaming, Paramount+ and Pluto TV, a new post, and “expanded global responsibilities” are for CBS President-CEO George Cheeks, also as chief content officer-news and sports, Paramount+; Paramount Pictures Chairman-CEO Jim Gianopulos, also chief content officer-movies, Paramount+; President-Music, Music Talent, Programming and Events Bruce Gillmer also is chief content officer-music, Paramount+; MTV Entertainment Group President Chris McCarthy adds chief content officer, unscripted entertainment and adult animation, Paramount+; Showtime Networks Chairman-CEO David Nevins expands to also be chief content officer, scripted originals, Paramount+; Nicole Clemens is president-Paramount Television Studios, now including president, Paramount+ original scripted series; and Kids & Family Entertainment President Brian Robbins adds chief content officer-kids and family, Paramount+.
Veeam Software data protection provider starts federal government-focused Veeam Government Solutions, hires Earl Matthews, ex-Army and White House, as president to "develop and lead" VGS; names to board Nick Ayers, managing partner of Ayers Neugebauer, Matthews and Gil Vega, Veeam chief information security officer ... NATE appoints Kathy Stieler, ex-ERI Installations, as director-safety, health and compliance, a new post.
Freedom Technologies hires attorney Matthew Ivey, ex-U.S. Navy, as executive legislative counsel-national security and technology, and law school students Elena DeJaco and John Bush as legal associates; promotes Christian Kuzdak to law and policy adviser ... Benton Institute for Broadband & Society names John Horrigan senior fellow; he has contributed to its blog and will lead Benton’s research on Lifeline ... Beacon Global Strategies advances Kristin White and Lauren Bedula to managing directors and White to additional role of chief operating officer ... Autonomous trucking company Plus appoints Tesla’s Lynn Miller as general counsel.
Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies Executive Director Kim Scovill moves to "a supporting role in iCERT," effective Aug. 1 ... Chamber of Progress names K.J. Bagchi, ex-New America’s Open Technology Institute, as senior director-federal public policy; Montana Williams, ex-Public Knowledge, as director-state and local public policy; and Chris MacKenzie, ex-office of Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., as director-communications ...