Center for Democracy & Technology names Alexandra Reeve Givens, from Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy, president-CEO, effective May 11, succeeding Nuala O’Connor (see this section, Sept. 11) ... Point52 Group started by CBS Washington veteran John Orlando (see this section, Oct. 10), working on regulatory, legislative and crisis management issues ... Oregon Public Utility Commission advances Bryan Conway to utility program director ... Otelco President Richard Clark becomes also CEO and board member, succeeding Robert Souza, retired ... Nexstar promotes Byron Grandy to vice president and general manager-broadcast and digital operations, Denver market ... Entravision announces Bernice Lopez Smith, from R Communications, is senior vice president; and Debbie Flores, ex-KRGV-TV Weslaco, Texas, returns as vice president-integrated marketing ... Facebook appoints Nancy Killefer, ex-McKinsey & Co., and Tracey Travis, Estee Lauder Cos., to board ... GameStop announces Reggie Fils-Aime, ex-Nintendo; Bill Simon, ex-Walmart; and J.K. Symancyk, PetSmart, joining board; ex-CEO Dan DeMatteo; Gerald Szczepanski, ex-Gadzooks; Larry Zilavy, ex-Barnes and Noble; and Steve Koonin, Atlanta Hawks, retiring from board, effective June annual meeting, with Kathy Vrabeck, Korn Ferry, succeeding DeMatteo as chair; and Jerome Davis, ex-Jerome L. Davis & Associates, and Tom Kelly, ex-Nextel, retiring from the board, effective June 2021.
CompTIA names Laura Curtis, ex-California Chamber of Commerce, senior director-state government affairs, California and Hawaii ... Discovery appoints Neil Chugani, ex-Google, chief financial officer and head-strategy and operations, direct-to-consumer ... Vivek Stalam, ex-New Street Research, joining communications services focused hedge fund Zeno Research as analyst.
Davis Wright taps partner Mike Sloan to chair communications practice, succeeding Danielle Frappier, who moves to technology, privacy and security group, chairing technology products counseling (see this section, Jan. 27) ... Foley & Lardner adds to intellectual property department and electronics practice group as partners Eric Sophir and Gary Solomon; senior counsel Matthew Horton; and associate Kamyar Maserrat, all from Dentons.
U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith retiring, effective Sept. 1 ... World Intellectual Property Organization nominates Daren Tang, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, to director general; current DG Francis Gurry's term ends Sept. 30 ... Goodwin adds Geoff Ossias, ex-Perkins Coie; Sean Greaney, ex-Stubbs Alderton, and Tim Poydenis, ex-Cooley, as partners-technology ... Leonard Jacoby, ex-Cleary Gottlieb, joins Cooley as partner-technology transactions.
FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson hires Pallavi Guniganti, ex-Global Competition Review, as attorney-adviser, succeeding Keith Klover (see this section, March 4) ... Cleary Gottlieb names Bruce Hoffman, ex-FCC (see this section, Oct. 15) partner-global antitrust and litigation ... Center for Democracy & Technology announces Mallory Knodel, ex-Article19, is chief technology officer ... Kelsey Guyselman, from Information Technology Industry Council, joins Senate Commerce Committee as deputy policy director ... Emily Taylor, ex-House Budget Committee, becomes communications director, Senate Commerce Committee.
Wilson Sonsini taps Keith Klovers, from FTC, as of counsel-antitrust ... Vivint Smart Home's Alex Dunn stepping down as president, remaining adviser through March 2021, with Chief Operating Officer Scott Hardy assuming many of his daily responsibilities; promotes Dale Gerard to chief financial officer and Todd Santiago to chief revenue officer; moves JT Hwang to chief technology officer; and Matthew Eyring, executive vice president and general manager-inside sales, and Jeremy Warren, chief technology officer, both “leaving to pursue other opportunities.”
Wilkinson Barker hires Suzanne Tetreault, ex-FCC (see this section, Jan. 31), as partner-telecom and media ... CTIA appoints Michael Mullinix, ex-FCC (see this section, March 2), director-regulatory affairs ... NAB names Liliana Ranon, from Obama Foundation, vice president-external affairs ... Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue advances Bette Brand to deputy undersecretary-rural development, succeeding DJ LaVoy, retires ... Wilson Sonsini taps Victor Jih, from Irell & Manella, as partner-internet strategy and litigation.
Sheppard Mullin hires Allison Martin Rhodes, ex-Holland & Knight, as deputy general counsel-legal ethics, including tech ... FTC Deputy General Counsel Heather Hippsley retires ... FCC says Michael Mullinix, electronics engineer, resigning from International Bureau ... Wind River appoints Kevin Dallas, ex-Microsoft, CEO and board member; Jim Douglas, stepping down, remaining adviser during transition.
Mercury advances Nicole Flotteron to partner-global digital ... Boeing names Susan Doniz, from Qantas Group, chief information officer and senior vice president-information technology and data analytics, effective in May, succeeding Vishwa Uddanwadiker, who holds interim post ... Facebook hires Zvika Krieger, from World Economic Forum, as director-responsible innovation ... Genny Morelli, ex-ITTA that's now closed, starts Morelli Consulting for telecom policy consulting.
Keith Block steps down as Salesforce co-CEO, remaining adviser; Marc Benioff is chair-CEO; Gavin Patterson advances to president-CEO, international ... Peach appoints Ben Regensburger, from SevenOne Media, CEO ... Lifetime names Amy Winter, ex-UPtv, executive vice president and head-programming ... Entercom promotes Timothy Holly to senior vice president-market manager, Entercom Buffalo.