Wilkinson Barker promotes Lynne Montgomery to partner-telecom and satellite communications ... Hill Kertscher taps Jerry Liu, ex-Amin Turocy, as partner-intellectual property and litigation.
National Institute of Standards and Technology and Information Technology Laboratory announce Jeff Greene, ex-Symantec, is director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence ... House Republican Steering Committee recommends Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Judiciary Committee ranking member, effective March 12, to replace Doug Collins, R-Ohio, running for Senate, and North Carolina’s Mark Meadows for Jordan’s top spot on Oversight Committee ... Pacific Gas and Electric names Francisco Benavides, from Alcoa, vice president-chief safety officer.
Manatt Phelps names Amar Thakur and Bruce Zisser, both ex-Quinn Emanuel, partners-technology and intellectual property litigation ... Energy Department swears in Cheryl Ingstad, ex-3M, as director, Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office ... Kentucky Public Service Commission moves adviser Kent Chandler to executive director, succeeding Gwen Pinson, leaving for private sector ... Intellectual property lawyer Bill Coughlin returns to Harness Dickey as its first CEO ... Microsoft's LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner moving to executive chairman; Ryan Roslansky, advancing to CEO, effective June 1 ... GoPro appoints Brian McGee chief operating officer in addition to his role as chief financial officer ... IMedia Chief Financial Officer Michael Porter departs; CEO Tim Peterman becomes interim CFO ... Great Plains Communications names Tony Thakur, ex-Unitas Global, chief technology officer.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appoints David Gooder, from Brown-Forman, Patent and Trademark Office commissioner-trademarks ... BBB National Programs appoints Mary Engle, ex-FTC (see this section, Jan. 22), executive vice president-policy ... House Commerce hires Callie Strock, from office of Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, as press secretary ... American Continental Group taps Dana Colarulli as partner-intellectual property policy; he continues as executive director-Licensing Executives Society International ... InterDigital promotes Rob Stien to executive vice president-chief public policy officer.
Attorney General William Barr moves Office of Information Policy acting Director Bobby Talebian to permanent post, replacing Melanie Ann Pustay, retired ... Facebook hires Dan Ball, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as public policy director ... Phone2Action adds Faisal Siddiqui, ex-Virtru, as chief technology officer; Marina Devalia, ex-Higher Logic, as vice president-marketing; Matt Melnick, ex-Vocus, as senior vice president-sales; and Shelli Holland, from Frontpoint, is vice president-human resources.
Internet Association founding President-CEO Michael Beckerman resigns, effective Feb. 29, to join TikTok, becoming vice president-public policy; assists with search as General Counsel Jon Berroya becomes interim president-CEO ... Utilities Technology Council taps David Rardin, from office of Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, as director-government affairs and communications ... Next Century Cities Policy Adviser Christopher Mitchell steps down, remains at Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Next Century Cities Senior Program Manager Cat Blake also leaving.
Drinker Biddle announces Timothy Scull, Kirstin Stoll-DeBell, Andrew Pouzeshi and Kathleen Ott, all from Merchant & Gould, as partners-intellectual property ... General Services Administration advances Federal Acquisition Service acting Commissioner Julie Dunneto permanent post ... ViacomCBS appoints George Cheeks, from NBCUniversal, president-CEO, CBS Entertainment Group, effective March 23, succeeding Joe Ianniello, leaving company and assisting with transition.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces retirements of Brian Carter, International Bureau regional specialist; Rashmi Doshi, Office of Engineering and Technology laboratory chief; Suzanne Tetreault, Wireless Bureau deputy chief; James Lichford, Wireline Bureau Pricing Policy Division; Rosa Bell-Atkins, Office of Secretary information specialist; and from Enforcement Bureau, Frank Haynes, Jim Scott and Fraud Division Investigative Counsel MaryBeth DeLuca; and Ryan Hagihara, Honolulu field office.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces he's moving Margaret Wiener to associate chief, Office of Economics and Analytics, Evan Kwerel to senior economic adviser to OEA chief, and Jonathan Campbell to chief of OEA-auctions ... DOJ appoints Alexander Okuliar, from Orrick Herrington, deputy assistant attorney general-antitrust ... National Association of Attorneys General’s National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute names Paul Nolette, Marquette University, research consultant.
Debevoise & Plimpton announces Avi Gesser, ex-Davis Polk, as partner-cybersecurity and data privacy ... Davis Polk adds Suzanne Munck af Rosenschold, ex-FTC, as counsel-antitrust and competition ... Carmi Zlotnik resigning as Starz president-programming at month’s end, continues consulting to aid with transition.