FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says at Thursday’s commissioners’ meeting that Preston Wise remains his aide, now as legal adviser-rural broadband ... In office of FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, aide Kate Black’s book leave ends Tuesday; Jessica Martinez in the office had been doing Black’s duties ... Kate O'Connor, ex-NTIA, named Republican chief counsel, Communications and Technology Subcommittee ... Freedom Technologies’ Colin Alberts becomes also executive officer, U.S. delegation to World Radiocommunication Conference 2019.
EBay says Devin Wenig steps down as president-CEO and director; moves Scott Schenkel, to interim CEO and Andy Cring to interim chief financial officer ... Cox Media Group promotes KJ Anand to senior vice president-chief information officer and John DeWan and Ray Karczewski to executive vice president-sales, all CoxReps; Katie Reid to vice president-general manager, Jacksonville radio stations; Paul Briggs to vice president-general manager, Orlando TV; and Orlando Radio General Manager Jason Meder now also vice president.
Sarah Piepmeier, Kirkland & Ellis, rejoins Perkins Coie as partner-intellectual property ... Signal Group hires Blake Androff, ex-Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as executive vice president ... National Science Foundation announces Margaret Martonosi, from Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, as head-Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Senate Judiciary Committee appoints Heather Sawyer, ex-Office of Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Democratic staff director and chief counsel, replacing Jennifer Duck ... Nathan Leamer leaves FCC, becoming Targeted Victory vice president-public affairs, strategy and marketing ... E.W. Scripps appoints Kerry Oslund, ex-Tribune, vice president-strategy and business development ... Zayo promotes Erik Thomson to vice president-channel sales and partner program ... Altair names Andrea Siudara, ex-Ford, chief information officer, succeeding Martin Nichols, who becomes chief purchasing officer ... Ranplan Wireless taps Anthony Sutton, ex-Cobham Wireless, as commercial operations director, new position ... Lobbyist registrations: General Cable, Frost Brown, effective Sept. 11 ... American Coalition for Public Radio, TwinLogic Strategies on music licensing issues, effective Sept. 3 ... Cybersecurity firm ColorTokens, Clark Hill, effective Sept. 1 ... Social media platform Parler, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Shipcom Wireless, Clark Hill, effective Sept. 1 ... Software developer Vizsafe, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Software company Yippy, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Schaerr|Jaffe, effective July 12 ... Facebook, Sternhell Group on blockchain and digital currency policy, effective July 1 ... Team Hallahan on behalf of Amazon Web Services, The Doerrer Group, effective June 1 ... Legislative data services and software company Xcential, HData to advocate for Congress adopting a “standardized data format for the way legislative materials are created, compared, published, and maintained,” effective Jan. 1.
Crosscut Strategies hires Charlie Meisch, ex-SKDKnickerbocker and ex-FCC, as senior vice president; Simon Brown, from Small Business Majority, as director; and Caitlin Krutsick, Bipartisan Policy Center, as account specialist; promotes Courtney Lamie to chief operating officer ... In closing buy of Tribune (see 1909200048), Nexstar appoints from there as executive vice presidents Sean Compton, for WGN America and WGN Radio, also director-content acquisition; Dana Zimmer, also chief distribution and strategy officer; and Gary Weitman, chief communications officer.
Tyson & Mendes taps privacy, data and cybersecurity lawyer Robert Modica, ex-Gordon & Rees, as managing partner-firm’s first New York office ... Internet Accountability Project nonprofit advocacy organization launches, with founder Mike Davis, Article III Project, as president and Rachel Bovard, ex-Conservative Partnership Institute, senior adviser ... Entertainment Software Association hires Gina Vetere, ex-Covington & Burling, as senior vice president-general counsel; previously in that job was Stanley Pierre-Louis, elevated in May to president-CEO (see this section, May 14).
Signal Group promotes as managing directors Charles Cooper, also chair-advocacy, and Elizabeth Northrup and John Procter, also co-chairs-communications ... Stateside Associates advances Johnathan Lozier to vice president ... Patent Trial and Appeal Board litigation firm Lowenstein & Weatherwax adds partner Bridget Smith, ex-Knobbe Martens ... Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue swears in DJ LaVoy, ex-Real Estate Assessment Center, as rural development deputy undersecretary.
Changing name to Benton Institute for Broadband & Society (see 1909170012), it hires current Benton Senior Counselor Andrew Schwartzman from Georgetown Law’s Communications and Technology Law Clinic; he also keeps teaching at Johns Hopkins University ... New at Accenture: Cybersecurity expert Aaron Faulkner heads Accenture Federal Services Federal Cyber practice ... Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Robert Adler takes over as acting chairman effective Oct. 1 and was elected vice chairman by commissioners Friday, and heads CPSC until Senate OKs a new chairman; he succeeds acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle, whose term ends Oct. 27; she withdraws nominations as chairman and commissioner for another term.
Jim Cicconi returns to AT&T as interim senior executive vice president-external and legislative affairs ... At Hausfeld with antitrust, intellectual property, and cybersecurity and privacy practices, partners Anthony Maton and Brian Ratner now vice chairs, moving up to co-chairs when Chairman Michael Hausfeld becomes chairman emeritus; no date set ... ChyronHego announces Ariel Garcia, ex-Vector Capital, as CEO ... BET Networks appoints Kimberly Paige, ex-Sundial Brands, executive vice president-chief marketing officer.
Internet Society hires Joseph Hall, from Center for Democracy & Technology, as senior vice president-strong internet ... IHeartMedia promotes Becki West to vice president-sales and director-agency partnerships, Philadelphia ... Summit Wireless Technologies hires George Oliva, ex-Hardesty, as chief financial officer, replacing Gary Williams, who stays on as chief accounting officer.