As Clyde Group restructures leadership, Anthony LaFauce and Matt House promoted to principal, Abigail Wilson, ex-Farm Credit Council, hired as digital manager; Joe Connelly, ex-Rational 360, named manager; and Lilia Dashevsky, ex-MDG, becomes senior public affairs specialist; all these individuals work on technology issues ... At the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy's Elena Hernandez moves up to director-strategic communications and senior adviser to the chief technology officer.
Amazon hires for Kuiper: Aaron Goldberger, ex-aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, as senior space regulatory adviser, and Aspasia Paroutsas, ex-FCC Office of Engineering and Technology chief of staff, for senior spectrum regulatory adviser ... The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund move Shin Inouye to managing director-communications and hire Bertram Lee, ex-Public Knowledge, as media and tech counsel ... Sidley Austin hires Sujit Raman, ex-DOJ, as partner and member, privacy and cybersecurity practice.
Travis Skinner, ex-Customs and Border Protection director-trade modernization, hired by Amazon as public policy senior manager, working on U.S. customs issues; Maranda Kan moves to acting director-trade modernization, CBP ... Twilio hires Jeremiah Brazeau, ex-Salesforce, as chief technology officer ... Crown Media promotes Andy Rooke to chief operating officer ... Vecna Robotics appoints Jeff Huerta, ex-Balyo, senior vice president-sales.
Comcast promotes Dalila Wilson-Scott to executive vice president-chief diversity officer; she continues leading Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation ... Michael Ding moves to Department of Homeland Security acting deputy assistant secretary, replacing Christa Brzozowski, DHS' Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting was told last week; Brzozowski is now Amazon senior manager-public policy, per LinkedIn; the company doesn't comment now.
At FTC Competition Bureau Mergers I and Mergers IV divisions, IV Deputy Assistant Director Mark Seidman named acting assistant director; Steve Mohr moves up to acting deputy assistant director, I; Emily Bowne, who like Mohr was counsel to the director, promoted to acting deputy assistant director, IV ... Center for a New American Security names Jordan Schneider, ChinaTalk podcast and newsletter host, adjunct fellow-Technology and National Security Program.
Viacom adds, from CBS News’ 60 Minutes, Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson as vice president-news programming, Nickelodeon, and executive producer of rebooted Nick News, newly created role ... Bugcrowd crowdsourced cybersecurity platform taps David Castignola, ex-Blackberry Cylance, for chief revenue officer ... Semperis adds cybersecurity veteran Richard Weeks, ex-Thycotic, as vice president-global channels and alliances.
Mike Bloomquist, departing House Commerce Committee GOP staff (see this section, Oct. 5), hired by Venable as partner, Legislative and Government Affairs Practice, working on "legislative and regulatory matters affecting the environmental, healthcare, communications, and technology industries" ... Information Technology Industry Council adds Mike Flynn, ex-Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee senior counsel, as senior director and counsel-government affairs ... Albright Stonebridge Group additions include Michael Masserman, ex-Lyft, as senior adviser ... ACA Connects adds Nathan Penrod, ex-Frankfort Plant Board, as digital media specialist.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai taps Glenn Woroch, University of California, Berkeley adjunct professor emeritus, as chief economist, a job Jeffrey Prince had been doing ... Telecommunications Industry Association appoints Melissa Newman, ex-Transit Wireless, vice president-government affairs.
House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden, R-Ore., promotes Ryan Long to staff director for committee Republicans, succeeding Mike Bloomquist, departing for private sector.
Association of American Publishers Executive Vice President-General Counsel Allan Adler retiring, effective Oct. 15 ... Center for Democracy & Technology hires Iverna McGowan, from U.N. Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, to direct CDT EU office ... Comcast moves up Elaine Barden to vice president-business development, West Division ... Skael automation platform provider hires Matt Cooley, ex-New Relic, as president-chief operating officer ... Skybox Security taps Tom Gleason from Riverbed Technology as vice president-North America sales and field operations.