Upon completion of ViacomCBS' sale of Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House for $2.175 billion cash, expected in 2021, "Simon & Schuster will continue to be managed as a separate publishing unit under the Penguin Random House umbrella," led by Simon & Schuster President-CEO Jonathan Karp and Chief Operations Officer-Chief Financial Officer Dennis Eulau.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., won't seek to be Senate Judiciary Committee chairman or ranking member next Congress ... New Jersey Board of Public Utilities adds Taryn Boland, ex-Corporation for Supportive Housing, as deputy chief of staff.
Cordell Hull, who has led the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security for the past year, resigns, effective Dec. 4, ahead of the incoming Biden administration ... Amazon hires Rob Haralson as senior manager-public policy ... Carbon 3D printing technology company appoints Anirma Gupta, ex-Tanium, senior vice president-general counsel-corporate secretary.
President-elect Joe Biden announced new members of his White House staff: Cathy Russell, who's on advisory board of Biden-Harris Transition Team and was vice chair of their campaign, named director, Office of Presidential Personnel; and Louisa Terrell, who oversees legislative affairs for the transition team, as director, Office of Legislative Affairs ... President Donald Trump will appoint Basil Parker as administrator, OMB Office of Electronic Government.
NTCA adds Mano Koilpillai, ex-Dynamic Consulting and Accounting, as chief financial officer; Roxanna Barboza, ex-Department of Agriculture, as industry and cybersecurity policy analyst; and Lauren Gaydos, ex-communications director for Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., as public relations manager ... Charlotte Willner from Pinterest named founding executive director of Trust & Safety Professional Association and its sibling organization Trust & Safety Foundation Project.
R Street Institute hires Wayne Brough, ex-Innovation Defense Foundation, as managing senior fellow, Technology and Innovation team; Ashley Nunes, who led Harvard Law School research, becomes project director-competition policy; and Chris Riley, ex-Mozilla, for senior fellow-internet governance, Technology and Innovation team ... Dorsey & Whitney promotes to partners, effective Jan. 1, Spencer Glende in Technology Commerce and Bonnie Paskvan for Regulatory Affairs, telecom.
President-elect Joe Biden announces his senior staff includes Director, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Julie Rodriguez, ex-deputy campaign manager, Biden-Kamala Harris campaign ... Bill Barloon, who recently left Sprint after it was bought by T-Mobile, starts lobbying firm Barloon.co; he will initially focus on tech, telecom, copyright and electronic commerce, he tells us ... Air Force moves Brig. Gen. Douglas Schiess to director-space and cyber operations, Space Force Space Operations Command.
Nokia hires Mimi Strobel from office of Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., as senior director-policy and government relations ... Waymo hires as chief safety officer Mauricio Pena from Virgin Orbit ... Motion Picture Association Chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin’s contract "renewed for another three years, starting Jan. 1."
NAB hires Tea Gennaro, ex-Associated Builders and Contractors, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, taking over from CFO Trish Johnson, "who recently transitioned to a consultancy role" ... Patent and Trademark Office appoints David Berdan, ex-Gaming Arts, general counsel ... Ogilvy Government Relations promotes Alissa Clees to principal, with clients including RIAA and Verizon; she "manages the firm’s social media initiatives" and is on the board of Jenkins Hill Society, a female fundraising group supporting Democratic women in Congress.
Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center in Washington, D.C., promotes Kinney Zalesne to U.S. Government Affairs team as general manager-responsible growth strategy; hires Mariah Sixkiller from Sixkiller Consulting for U.S. Government Affairs team as director-government relations, reporting to Zalesne; and Danyelle Solomon joins same team from Center for American Progress as director-justice reform and racial equity policy; software maker separately hires Christopher Young from McAfee as executive vice president-business development, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella.