DLA Piper hires from KPMG Ronald Plesco as partner, Intellectual Property and Technology practice ... With Public Media Venture Group working with Convergence Services Inc. on ATSC 3.0 for PMVG’s noncommercial stations, CSI President John Lawson named adviser, PMVG; he's also executive director, Advanced Warning and Response Network Alliance ... Federal Acquisition Service Deputy Commissioner and Director-Technology Transformation Services Anil Cheriyan "returning to the private sector for a new career opportunity," General Services Administration says.
Kelley Drye promotions include to special counsel Bradford Currier, Communications, and Donnelly McDowell, Advertising ... Freshfields opening Silicon Valley office with seven founding partners, including Sarah Solum, from Davis Polk, leading office as managing partner; John Fisher from Sidley Austin as head-U.S. technology and life sciences mergers and acquisitions; Boris Feldman from Wilson Sonsini is head-U.S. technology practice; and Doru Gavril also from Wilson Sonsini works on shareholder litigation and government investigations, and clients have included technology and social media companies.
With Hogan Lovells under new CEO Miguel Zaldivar (see this section, Dec. 20), it's promoting as planned communications attorney Michele Farquhar to Washington office managing partner (see this section, April 9); law firm says now Ari Fitzgerald takes over from Farquhar as head, Communications practice group and Mark Brennan does likewise at Technology, Media and Telecoms sector group, which itself has Technology led by John Brockland and Telecoms led by Angus Coulter.
Federal Election Commissioner Caroline Hunter stepping down, effective July 3, joining legal team of Stand Together; FEC spokesperson confirms her departure would leave commissioners without a quorum, if there's no replacement by Saturday ... CyrusOne directors elect real estate executive Bruce Duncan president-CEO and board member, succeeding interim President-CEO Tesh Durvasula ... Iconectiv taps Michael O’Brien, ex-Syniverse, for chief product officer ... LegalShield hires Cameron Scott, ex-GoDaddy, as chief marketing officer, new post ... Global Cloud Xchange appoints Anja Blumert, ex-Millicom International Cellular, chief financial officer.
Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance names telecom industry executive Anita Dohler CEO-board member, taking over from Peter Meissner, retiring and will "remain active" as senior adviser, NGMN board ... U.S. Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent reportedly departing next month; White House doesn't comment ... Booz Allen adds cybersecurity experts Kevin Richards, ex-Marsh, as executive vice president, leading Strategic Cyber Readiness and Response teams, and Tony Sharp, ex-FedEx, as senior vice president, running Security Architecture and Engineering team.
Nicol Turner Lee moves up to director, Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation, writes Darrell West, who is succeeded by her and remains center senior fellow, Dillon chair in governance studies, and vice president-Brookings' Governance Studies program ... Fletcher Heald hires Kristen Corra, ex-Baker Donelson, as associate; she has worked on wireless and telecom infrastructure ... Perkins Coie taps from Davis Wright David Daggett as partner, Technology Transactions and Privacy practice ... Neil Fried, ex-Motion Picture Association, now is principal, DigitalFrontiers Advocacy, on whose behalf he just testified (see bottom of page 1 and 2006240048).
Internet Association hires Alexandra McLeod, ex-ACT|The App Association, as legal and policy counsel, working on data privacy and content moderation ... DOD confirms that, as expected (see 2006230070), Undersecretary-Research and Engineering Michael Griffin and Deputy Undersecretary-Research and Engineering Lisa Porter resigning, effective July 10 ... Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism taps McCain Institute for International Leadership Senior Director-National Security and Counterterrorism Nicholas Rasmussen as GIFCT's first full-time executive director.
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International hires Michael Robbins -- who remains chief operating officer at Moak Group -- as a consultant in newly created role at the association: executive vice president-advocacy and government affairs ... CPB promotes Jacquie Gales Webb to vice president-radio ... Kelly Miller, ex-Banner Public Affairs, joins FTI Consulting Telecom, Media & Technology team as senior director ... XR Association hires from Booz Allen Joan O’Hara for senior director-public policy.
At FCC, as Nathan Eagan moves to Office of General Counsel as attorney adviser, Administrative Law Division; Audra Hale-Maddox promoted to succeed him as chief of staff, Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force; Michael Janson remains director and continuing as deputy directors are Kirk Burgee and Jonathan McCormack ... DOD names Dave Spirk, ex-U.S. Special Operations Command, chief data officer, office of the chief information officer ... American Enterprise Institute hires John Cusey, ex-Department of Health and Human Services, as vice president-communications; he's returning to AEI.
Utilities Technology Council board promotes Sheryl Riggs to president-CEO, from interim since January; directors extend officers' terms for another year due to postponement of UTC’s annual conference, which will now be held virtually ... Lerman Senter promotes David Burns to member and hires Art Harding, ex-Foster Garvey, as counsel ... FeganScott adds Melissa Ryan Clark, ex-Tadler Law and a lawyer with experience with privacy and data breaches, as of counsel.