DocuSign hires Cinnamon Rogers, ex-CompTIA, as its first in-house head-global government affairs ... T-Mobile hires for government affairs Will Adams, ex-FCC (see this section, Dec. 11), as vice president-strategic policy and planning; and Clint Odom, ex-National Urban League, as vice president-strategic alliances and external affairs ... NetApp hires Kristen Verderame, who was consulting for the company, as vice president-government relations ... Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) taps Public Service Commission Secretary-Chief Legal Counsel Christopher Petrie as a PSC commissioner, replacing Kara Fornstrom, who resigned for a job outside the state.

Facebook promotes Kevin Martin to global head-economic policy and hires Henry Moniz from ViacomCBS to lead the social media company’s global compliance team in a newly created job ... House Commerce Committee new ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., announces committee senior staff: Kate O’Connor remains chief counsel, Communications Subcommittee, and Tim Kurth continues as chief counsel, Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee ... Babette Boliek joined DOJ Antitrust Division Dec. 28, on detail there from her post as professor, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.

Time Warner Cable alumnus Fernando Laguarda, faculty director of American University Washington College of Law Program on Law and Government, steps down to become general counsel of AmeriCorps, succeeded for now by Stephen Wermiel, professor of practice in constitutional law, as acting director of the AU program and the Oversight Project, while Jeffrey Lubbers, professor of practice in administrative law, takes over Laguarda’s teaching duties ... Coming from Citi, Jeff Grossman joins Cooley executive team as chief strategy and legal practice officer, new post ... Lincoln Network starts program on technology, criminal justice and civil liberties, led by Arthur Rizer, ex-R Street Institute, who joins as vice president for the program.

Jenner & Block hires Madeleine Findley from Medtronic as partner, Communications, Internet, and Technology and Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practices ... Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) appoints District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications Professional Standards and Development Chief Cleo Subido as interim director, OUC, whose last head resigned amid dispatching errors (see here) ... Blockchain Association hires Dan Spuller from Chamber of Digital Commerce as BA's director-industry affairs; Lindsey Kelleher, ex-BA intern, as policy manager; and Sarah Milby, ex-intern, as policy manager ... IHeartMedia moves Yesenia Bello to its first senior vice president-diversity and inclusion; for more broadcaster diversity efforts, see below in this section.

Sinclair taps Jeffrey Lewis, ex-AT&T, for chief compliance officer, new position supervising functions including regulatory, competition and privacy; broadcaster promotes Billy Robbins to vice president-general manager, WBFF Baltimore, also overseeing company’s services to WNUV Baltimore ... Rob Leathern, ex-Facebook, says he joins Google Privacy and Data Protection Office to lead product development and is a vice president; company doesn't comment ... Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Leadership Conference Education Fund add Kiersten Thornton, ex-National Association of Home Builders and Wiley law firm, as vice president-people and culture; and Stephen Peters, ex-Modern Military Association of America, as director-media relations; and moves Tamara Chrisler to senior adviser-organizational compliance and development.

Newest FCC member Nathan Simington appoints Carolyn Roddy, ex-NTIA, as wireline adviser and chief of staff; Erin Boone, ex-Wireless Bureau Competition and Infrastructure Division, for wireless adviser; Adam Cassady, who co-founded technology firm, as media adviser; Michael Sweeney, ex-White House Office of Presidential Personnel, for confidential assistant; and Carlos Minnix, formerly in then-FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s office, now staff assistant ... Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman Adam Klein to resign by time successor is confirmed to complete his term that ends in January 2024.

Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel moves Michele Ellison to acting general counsel and Joel Taubenblatt to Wireless Bureau acting chief; Tom Johnson steps down as general counsel and continues at FCC, now at Wireless Bureau, where outgoing Chief Don Stockdale moves to Office of Economics and Analytics; Rosenworcel also makes staff appointments and "special designations to the Office of the Chairwoman": acting Chief of Staff Travis Litman, acting Chief Policy Adviser Kate Black and acting Chief Counsel Umair Javed, all worked in her commissioner's office; acting Special Adviser to the Chairwoman D’wana Terry, who remains acting director, Office of Workplace Diversity; acting Special Adviser to the Chairwoman Sanford Williams, who remains director, Office of Communications Business Opportunities; acting Special Adviser to the Chairwoman Trent Harkrader, also remaining deputy chief, Wireline Bureau; acting Legal Adviser-Media Holly Saurer, joining from Media Bureau; acting Legal Adviser-Consumer, Enforcement and International David Strickland, from Enforcement Bureau; acting Legal Adviser-Wireline Ramesh Nagarajan, from Wireline Bureau; acting Legal Adviser-Wireless and Public Safety Ethan Lucarelli, from Wireless Bureau; acting Staff Assistant Aurelle Porter, from then-Commissioner Rosenworcel’s office; and acting Confidential Assistant Andi Roane, who worked for office of Commissioner Nathan Simington.

Department of Agriculture names Justin Maxson, who has led Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, deputy undersecretary-rural development, overseeing agencies including Rural Utilities Service, which itself hasn't named a head ... Department of Commerce names Christopher Hoff deputy assistant secretary-services, a job that Information Technology Industry Council notes "will oversee U.S. negotiations on a new data transfer agreement following the invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework by the European Court of Justice" in Schrems II ... Kelley Drye moves Steve Augustino to lead Communications practice, succeeding John Heitmann, who remains a partner at the firm.

Leaving the FCC is Evan Swarztrauber, policy adviser to former Chairman Ajit Pai, whose last day was Wednesday; among others leaving agency after Pai's departure are spokesperson Brian Hart ... President Joe Biden names acting agency leaders including at Department of Homeland Security, David Pekoske; DOJ, Monty Wilkinson (also see below in this section for more on the department); NASA, Steve Jurczyk; OMB, Rob Fairweather; Office of Personnel Management, Kathy McGettigan; Small Business Administration, Tami Perriello; and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Maria Pagan.

Manatt Phelps hires as managing directors, both from Sanctum Insights, Jen Millard and Kalon Gutierrez; and new partner is Farnaz Alemi, ex-MPA; all join Digital and Technology group ... SpaceLink names Tony Colucci, ex-Rockwell International, as chief strategy and commercial officer; Larry Rubin, ex-Space Systems Loral, where Colucci also worked, as chief operating officer; Rob Singh, ex-Maxar Technologies, which acquired SSL, as chief technology officer; and David Lihani, ex-Astrolabe Enterprises, as general counsel ... Isotropic Systems, broadband terminal technology developer, hires Indira Hann, ex-Amadeus, as general counsel.