NTCA hires Virdina Gibbs, ex-office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-N.J., and Brendan Dailey, ex-office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., both as directors-government affairs; and Taylor Holland, ex-chief of staff to chairman, Fairfax County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors, as digital communications manager; and moves Blain Tesfaye to policy analyst … Splunk names Proofpoint’s Sharyl Givens chief people officer ... Cellular solutions distributor GetWireless promotes Terra Bastolich to chief marketing officer.
Noah Phillips, who left his post last week as FTC commissioner (see 2210140048), becomes Cravath Swaine partner, co-chairing Antitrust Practice … Wilkinson Barker hires Kara Graves, former CTIA vice president-regulatory affairs, as partner, “focusing largely on spectrum, infrastructure siting, and other areas of interest to the wireless industry.”
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions promotes Yevgeni Tsirulnik to senior vice president-innovation and incubation ... Qurate Retail group names Linda Aiello from Stitch Fix as chief people officer, effective Oct. 31 ... Paychex adds President-CEO John Gibson to its board, expanding it to 11 members.
North Dakota Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley, resigns, effective Dec. 2, to join Bitzero International as CEO-American operations … Legal tech company Everlaw promotes Shana Simmons to chief legal officer and hires Anna Meyer, ex-PerimeterX, as chief people officer, both new positions … DialAmerica teleservices company, appoints Casey Kostecka, ex-TouchPoint, president … Sosi technology and services contractor names Jennifer Diamond Haber, ex-PM Hotel Group, vice president-communications ... NCTA names Hallmark Media’s Wonya Lucas to board.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) appoints Alastair MacTaggart, who helped write the bill establishing the California Privacy Protection Agency Board, as a member of that agency, replacing Angela Sierra, who becomes a member of the state’s Racial and Identify Profiling Advisory Board ... Verizon names Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Craig Silliman president of new Verizon Global Services unit, with Vandana Venkatesh advancing to assume his responsibilities as chief legal officer … AT&T announces staff changes, effective Oct. 16: Zee Hussain advances to president-public sector, replacing Jason Porter, who moves to lead supply chain; Jim Bugel advances to president-FirstNet; Chris Smith, president-civilian and shared services, adds responsibility for sales to federal public safety agencies as Stacy Schwartz, vice president with sales leadership responsibilities, retiring; and Joe Drygas, vice president-healthcare, add sales leadership responsibilities for state and local government and education market segments.
USTelecom names Nirali Patel, from Comcast, senior vice president-policy and advocacy, effective Oct. 24 … Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) appoints Bree Maki, from office of Sen. Tina Smith (D), as director-Office of Broadband Development … Newly hired as senior operating partners at Francisco Partners, global investment firm specializing in tech businesses: Paul Cormier, chairman of Red Hat, who continues in that role; Matt Dircks, former BeyondTrust CEO; Joe Kim, former Citrix chief product and technical officer; and Ford Tamer, ex-Inphi president-CEO ... Baffle cloud data protection company names Joe Dillon, ex-Code42, executive vice president-sales … Xerox promotes Fred Beljaars to executive vice president-chief delivery and supply chain officer, filling role vacated with departure of Mary McHugh.
Smokeball, legal case management software platform, taps Chelsey Lambert from Chicago Bar Association as vice president-partnerships ... Newly hired as senior operating partners at Francisco Partners, global investment firm specializing in tech businesses: Paul Cormier, chairman of Red Hat, who continues in that role; Matt Dircks, former BeyondTrust CEO; Joe Kim, former Citrix chief product and technical officer; and Ford Tamer, ex-Inphi president-CEO ... Bain & Co. names JLL’s Lewis Woodward executive vice president, responsible for leadership of its worldwide external relations, newly created role ... Xerox promotes Fred Beljaars to executive vice president-chief delivery and supply chain officer, filling role vacated with departure of Mary McHugh ... Activision Blizzard adds board member Lulu Cheng Meservey, ex-Substack, as executive vice president-corporate affairs and chief communications officer, new role … Deeper Edge founder Richard Whitt, ex-Google, joins Twilio as senior vice president-government relations and public policy … Diraq quantum processor manufacturer appoints Airstream Venture Partners’ William Jeffrey, ex-SRI International, as a nonexecutive director and chairman, effective immediately.
Fox Corp. promotes Rob Wade to CEO-Fox Entertainment … Data & Society technology research organization elects board member Charlton McIlwain, New York University, as president, succeeding founder danah boyd, stepping down; she has chosen not to renew her board term when it ends March 1 but will remain as adviser.
Kaitz Foundation says Michelle Ray will resign Dec. 2 as executive director, with search for successor "underway"... Salt Point Strategies adds as vice president Jerry Leverich, ex-House Commerce Democratic staffer.
FTC Chair Lina Khan names acting Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen to permanent post and hires Douglas Farrar, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as public affairs director (see 221004003) … Morgan Lewis announces as new partners Denise Wood, who returns to Morgan from Amazon Web Services, advising telecommunication and technology clients on regulatory and transactional matters, and Meaghan Kent, from Venable, focusing on copyright litigation and counseling ... EchoStar announces CEO-President Hamid Akhavan, assumes role of principal financial officer during search to replace David Rayner, retiring as executive vice president-chief financial officer, chief operating officer and treasurer, effective Oct. 7; Muhammad Ali Butt moves to principal accounting officer … Samsara names Steve Pickle, from Salesforce, chief people officer, effective Monday.