Longtime communications lawyer Peter Tannenwald, of counsel at Fletcher Heald, retires from the law firm ... DOD names Victoria Coleman, who was first CEO of Atlas AI, director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; acting DARPA Director Peter Highnam returns to deputy director.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced changes to data team: Steve Rosenberg becomes chief data, analytics officer, was in acting capacity; Anne Levine moves to deputy chief data officer; and acting Chief of the Data Division Chelsea Fallon is now permanent; all three are based in Office of Economics and Analytics … Libra Association appoints Steve Bunnell, from O'Melveny & Myers and ex-Department of Homeland Security, chief legal officer.
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, with General Manager-North America Vanessa Pappas taking over as interim head … CEO Mark Okerstrom leaves Expedia to become Convoy digital freight network’s president-chief operating officer, new role … Walmart hires Deborah Vaughn, from Kimberly-Clark, as senior vice president-general counsel, international, effective Nov. 2.
Former acting Director-Patent and Trademark Office Joseph Matal joins Haynes and Boone, as partner-intellectual property … Google promotes Halimah DeLaine Prado to general counsel … Sinclair Senior Vice President-Business Affairs Phillip Gharabegian becomes also deputy general counsel-regional sports networks.
Media Institute Distinguished Fellow Stuart Brotman coordinates group’s new Digital Media Center … Next Century Cities hires Corian Zacher, recent University of Colorado Law School graduate, as policy counsel-local and state initiatives … Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appoints Michael La Rosa, La Rosa Development, to Florida Public Service Commission.
FTC moves acting Deputy Director-Bureau of Competition Tara Isa Koslov to permanent post … Freedom Technologies hires John Murphy and Moriah Mensah, both ex-Air Force, as, respectively, director of policy and policy associate and counsel … Facebook Chief Marketing Officer Antonio Lucio stepping down effective Sept. 18, to pursue diversity, equity and inclusion work.
DOJ moves Lawrence Reicher to head new Antitrust Division Office of Decree Enforcement and Compliance (see 2008210040)... Public Utilities Commission of Nevada moves Sam Crano to utilities hearing officer, replacing Don Lomoljo, who becomes PUCN regulatory operations staff counsel, both effective Sept. 10 ... Amazon CEO-Worldwide Consumer Jeffrey Wilke retiring in Q1; his successor is Dave Clark, senior vice president-worldwide operations.
NATE adds Sara Goddard, ex-city of Watertown, South Dakota, as marketing coordinator … HJI Supply Chain Solutions promotes Lynn Houston Moore to CEO … CleverTap announces Abhishek Gupta, from Sprinklr, as chief customer success officer ...Synopsys advances Sassine Ghazi to chief operating officer … SkyTerra Technologies hires tech exec Chris Lowe as IT team lead … Society of Broadcast Engineers elects Fred Willard, chapter 37, Washington, D.C., to board …
Jennifer Taylor departs as CTA vice president-industry affairs to become president-CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, succeeding Bobbie Kilberg (see this section, July 27) ... Elastic Path, digital commerce provider, appoints Jamus Driscoll, ex-Moltin, CEO, succeeding founder Harry Chemko, who becomes chief strategy officer.
National Music Publishers’ Association hires Ashley Joyce, trademark and copyright lawyer from DLA Piper, as senior vice president-legal and business affairs … ICANN adds role of managing director for the Middle East and Africa for Vice President-Stakeholder Engagement for Middle East Baher Esmat; he replaces Nick Tomasso, who remains vice president-global meeting operations.