Latham & Watkins hires Allison Stillman from Mayer Brown as partner, Litigation and Trial Department and Connectivity, Privacy and Information Practice; the litigator advises technology companies on digital media ... Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi from Rubrik as chief information security officer ... Match Group adds Tracey Breeden from Uber as head-safety and social advocacy.
Entercom adds Sarah Foss, ex-FreeWheel, as chief information officer ... Nexstar promotes Chief Financial Officer Thomas Carter to also be president-chief operating officer, and he gets a new contract extended through 2023 ... Tech Data appoints from Lexmark International Sammy Kinlaw as senior vice president-endpoint solutions, Americas.
At California Public Utilities Commission, Rachel Peterson moves to acting executive director ... Liberty Media adds Stefano Domenicali, who has run Lamborghini, as president-CEO, Formula 1, effective in January; Chairman-CEO Chase Carey moves to non-executive chairman ... Morgan Murphy Media hires Lyle Banks, ex-Meredith's WGCL-TV Atlanta, as vice president-general manager, WISC-TV Madison, Wisconsin ... Fox hires Kevin Jackson, ex-ESPN, for managing editor of newly redesigned FOXSports.com and FOX Sports app.
TechFreedom hires Corbin Barthold, ex-Washington Legal Foundation, as internet policy counsel and director-appellate litigation ... Microsoft adds Chris Calabrese from Center for Democracy & Technology as senior director-privacy and data policy ... Age of Learning, education firm behind ABCmouse Early Learning Academy, adds Mia Rondinella, ex-Disney, as chief strategy officer; Lacey Plache, ex-Edmunds, as vice president-data and analytics; Amy Castillo, ex-Warner Bros. Entertainment, as vice president-brand growth; and Cristine Reynaert, ex-Magnite that was called Rubicon Project, as deputy general counsel.
Society of Broadcast Engineers board OKs hiring James Ragsdale, ex-Anderson University, as executive director, effective Jan. 1, succeeding John Poray, retiring Dec. 31 (see 2001030032) ... Office of Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., adds Tejasi Thatte from NCTA as chief of staff ... Cambridge Semantics business data integration firm taps Brian Owen, ex-r4 Technologies, as CEO; Chuck Pieper, who was chairman-CEO, remains chairman ... Ideoclick e-commerce platform provider promotes Benjamin Winters to chief innovation officer.
Entertainment Software Association hires Tara Ryan from Association for Accessible Medicines as vice president-state government affairs; Karen Gravois Elliott, ex-Adtran, as vice president-communications and public affairs; David Thomas, ex-Sandler Travis, is senior counsel-global policy and international trade; and Annie Chavez, ex-Sandia National Laboratories, becomes senior director-federal government affairs.
Nokia hires Grace Koh from State Department as vice president-legislative affairs ... Glen Echo Group promotes Anne Keeney to director ... Discord hires Tesa Aragones, ex-VSCO, as chief marketing officer and Clint Smith, ex-DataStax general counsel, as its first chief legal officer ... CPB Chief Content Officer Maja Mrkoci resigning "to ensure the well-being and success of her two middle school children due to the pandemic" and "to plan for the next phase in her career."
ICANN promotes Naela Sarras to vice president-stakeholder engagement, North America, effective in November ... Engine Executive Director Evan Engstrom leaves, effective Oct. 1; hired by Milltown Partners as a director ... APCO hires Alison Venable, who graduated this year from the University of Maryland School of Law, as government relations counsel.
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., elevates panel staffer Phil Brest to acting staff director and chief counsel for the committee, replacing Heather Sawyer ... Accenture Federal Services promotes Christopher Copeland to chief technology officer and Kyle Michl to chief innovation officer, new post; Accenture also starts Accenture Cloud First with $3 billion investment over three years and moves Karthik Narain to lead it, and he joins Global Management Committee ... Microsatellite developer Astranis adds ex-NASA Administrator Dan Goldin as senior adviser to the company and chair, new Technical Advisory Board.
Steptoe & Johnson starts Supply Chain team, with lawyers from various practices who already were at the firm; leaders are Jeff Weiss, who's also co-leader, International Trade Policy practice; and Eric Emerson, chair, International Trade and Investment Group; and on Supply Chain team, telecom lawyers involved are Chris Bjornson and Pantelis Michalopoulos; and for privacy, Michael Vatis and Charles-Albert Helleputte, a recent hire (see this section, Sept. 8).