National Restaurant Association taps Brennan Duckett, ex-Retail Industry Leaders Association, for public affairs team as technology and innovation policy director, working on data security, privacy, intellectual property, trademarks and music licensing ... AT&T hires Oriana Pina, ex-director of Hispanic media for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to manage public relations and communications for the company's diversity, equity and inclusion department.
Hogan Lovells adds technology-focused IP litigator Nitin Gambhir from Polsinelli as partner-Intellectual Property, Media and Technology practice; he's representing clients in computer networking, telecom, smartphones, memory controllers, entertainment, gaming and internet systems ... Univision Communications hires from Disney+ MC Cerda as the broadcaster’s first executive vice president-product and engineering, streaming ... Disney’s ESPN promotes Burke Magnus to president-programming and original content.
Signal Group hires for Strategic Communications practice include MPA ex-Chief Spokesperson and Senior Vice President-Communications Chris Ortman, most recently of Ortman Strategies, as executive vice president ... Cassandra Heyne, ex-JSI, joins SpaceX as regulatory compliance analyst ... CPA firm Baker Tilly's new partners include Cynthia Bratel for consulting with Baker Tilly Digital, along with colleagues in that practice Ollie East, Kayla Flint and Cory Wendt.
NCTA adds to Government Relations team: Timothy Graham, ex-office of Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., as vice president-external affairs; Alexander Minard, former FCC, as vice president and state legislative counsel, new post at the association; and Kelsey Odom, ex-Biden for Colorado and former CTA, as NCTA vice president-federal government relations ... Privacy and data security lawyer Calli Schroeder says Electronic Privacy Information Center names her global privacy counsel.
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council President-CEO Maurita Coley retires; MMTC board picks Robert Branson, ex-Empire Consulting, as her successor ... FCC Office of General Counsel's Litigation Division Deputy Chief Richard Welch retires, he says ... Inmarsat adds to unmanned aerial vehicles unit Jon Holmes as senior director-UAV technology and Mark ter Hove as senior manager-European market development; both are ex-Cobham Aerospace Communications ... Boeing taps Ryan Reid, ex-SES, as president, Commercial Satellite Systems International.
Mitchell Silberberg elects partners as firm co-chairs Lucia Coyoca, entertainment industry litigation expert; David Steinberg of entertainment and IP litigation practice; and Greg Hessinger, former executive director of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and of Screen Actors Guild; they succeed Kevin Gaut and Nimish Patel, who remain at the firm and return to their full-time practices ... At US Ignite, Joe Kochan decides to step down as CEO and remains on the board; Nick Maynard moves up to CEO; Nancy Jemison advances to chief financial officer; and Mari Silbey ascends to director, Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Program.
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists board appoints SAG-AFTRA Chief Operating Officer-General Counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland as executive director and chief negotiator, as expected (see this section, May 18), and effective June 21, with a three-year contract; David White steps down ... Honeywell hires Dimple Shah from Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as senior director-global technology and data policy.
Incompas starts BroadLand broadband campaign, with Mignon Clyburn leading this with Incompas CEO Chip Pickering ... ACG Advocacy hires Roberto Fierro from BSA|The Software Alliance as partner ... American Edge Project adds ex-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and ex-Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., to lead efforts on “internet openness, accessibility and free expression” ... Sinclair President-Distribution and Network Relations Barry Faber, also former general counsel, retires, effective June 25, and continuing as a consultant to the company on distribution and network relations.
National Cable Television Cooperative board taps Lou Borrelli, ex-Digicel, as CEO, succeeding Rich Fickle (see this section, April 2) ... Semiconductor Industry Association hires Meghan Biery, ex-Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, as director-global technology and security policy ... O’Melveny adds Tim Fink, ex-Patent and Trademark Office, as partner, Intellectual Property and Technology practice and he leads PTO practice.
Utilities Technology Council CEO Sheryl Osiene-Riggs promotes General Counsel Brett Kilbourne to also be senior vice president-policy; Joann Howell to vice president-spectrum services; Rob Thormeyer to vice president-communications and advocacy; Daniel Thrasher to vice president-finance and operations; and Kevin Lynch to director-finance and operations ... Baker Donelson hires Erin Greten, ex-FirstNet, as of counsel and member, Disaster Recovery and Government Services Team.