Karan Kapoor, ex-Clear Capital Advisers, rejoins Pagemill Partners, technology advisory practice of Duff & Phelps, as managing director ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance names Jennifer Garry, ex-Arlington (Virginia) Chamber of Commerce, as membership director ... AshLee Strong, ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., establishes Granite Peak Communications.
MPAA appoints Emily Lenzner, from Atlantic Media, executive vice president-global communications and public affairs, succeeding Matt Bennett, named American University vice president-chief communications officer ... House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden, R-Ore., announces Melissa Froelich leaving as Consumer Protection Subcommittee chief GOP counsel.
Hogan Lovells announces Peter Marta, ex-JPMorgan Chase, becomes partner-privacy and cybersecurity ... Akin Gump taps Clifford Sweatte, ex-FAA, as senior policy adviser ... Ramo Law names Nicole Compas, ex-Gray Krauss, of counsel-entertainment.
Public Knowledge promotes Chris Lewis to president-CEO, from which Gene Kimmelman steps down, and Kimmelman moves to senior adviser; also promoted are Eboni Speight to chief operating officer, John Bergmayer to legal director and Phillip Berenbroick to policy director ... BMI promotes David Levin to senior vice president-licensing ... NAB's Zamir Ahmed rises to vice president-media relations ... A+E Networks moves Patrick Vien to group managing director-international; Edward Sabin, who was co-executive managing director with Vien, to move on from A+E.
Aura Systems stockholders holding majority of shares vote to remove Ronald Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu from the board, replacing them with Cipora Lavut, David Mann and Robert Lempert; Lavut succeeds Ronald Buschur as chair; directors name Lavut acting president, and Mann and Lempert replace Melvin Gagerman as acting chief financial officer and acting corporate secretary, respectively ... Updata Partners software-focused investor based in Washington promotes Dan Moss and Braden Snyder to principals, Cam Salem and Arun Singh to vice presidents, and Alex Otero to senior associate.
Wireless ISP Association hires Louis Peraertz, ex-FCC Wireless Bureau, as vice president-policy ... FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Chief of Staff Jamie Susskind, leaving agency, reportedly for CTA; she and CTA didn’t confirm that ... Fulcrum Public Affairs, which represents such companies as Google and T-Mobile, hires Aaron Trujillo, ex-Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as vice president ... International Game Developers Association names board member and secretary Renee Gittins executive director, succeeding Jen MacLean; Nika Nour, ex-Entertainment Software Association, succeeds MacLean, as IGDA Foundation executive director.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moves from acting to permanent advisers in his office, he announces at commissioners' meeting: Aaron Goldberger for wireless and Alexander Sanjenis for media; FCC Public Safety Bureau industry analyst Larry Synder retiring ... Wilkinson Barker taps Nicholas Alexander, ex-CenturyLink, as partner-broadband and intellectual property ... Ex-LMG staffers open new communications firm, Shape Advocacy: Ted Kalo and Sam Sokol as founding partners and Casey Murray as director.
Hogan Lovells hires Krista Schwartz and Patrick Michael, both ex-Jones Day, as partners-intellectual property, media and technology ... Ballard Spahr taps IP litigator Noah Robbins, ex-Pepper Hamilton, as of counsel ... Alex Greenstein, ex-State Department, joins Commerce Department as Privacy Shield program director ... MPAA names Franck Journoud, ex-Oracle, vice president-technology policy ... Fox Entertainment’s new Sidecar under Gail Berman announces Executive Vice President-Development and Production Hend Baghdady, ex-The Jackal Group; Senior Vice Presidents Susan Lierle, ex-Twentieth Century Fox TV, business and legal affairs, and Jeff Nemon, ex-Valhalla Entertainment, drama development; Vice Presidents Alana Romoff, ex-The Jackal Group, development, and Matthew Chadwick, ex-Animation Domination High-Def Studios, alternative programming and production; and Manager-Business and Legal Affairs Eduardo Lopez-Mendez, ex-The Jackal Group ... WarnerMedia unveils HBO Max (see 1907090041) with Tony Goncalves overseeing development and Andy Forssell as general manager; both from Otter Media ... Univision names Roxanna Flores, from Fortune, senior vice president-human resources, local media ... Gamco adds John Vonglis, ex-Energy Department, as senior adviser, including on tech issues ... General Atlantic names Vittorio Colao, ex-Vodafone, special adviser ... Via adds Charles Rivkin, MPAA, to board.
Silicon Flatirons names Amie Stepanovich, from Access Now, executive director ... Tegna promotes Kari Jacobs to president-general manager of WTSP St. Petersburg, Florida ... USTelecom appoints Brandon Heiner, ex-CenturyLink, senior vice president-government affairs ... Intel names Claire Dixon, ex-VMware, corporate vice president-chief communications officer ... Liberty Media announces Chief Financial Officer Mark Carleton retires, becomes senior adviser; Controller Brian Wendling now also principal financial officer; General Counsel-Chief Legal Officer Rich Baer now also chief administrative officer; and Courtnee Chun, head-investor relations, now also chief portfolio officer.
Belden promotes Roel Vestjens to chief operating officer ... Keysight Technologies advances Jeffrey Li to senior vice president-general counsel-secretary ... Conterra Ultra Broadband promotes Adrian Garcia to vice president-enterprise sales and marketing ... Arvig names Katharine Brown, ex-Voyant, to lead fiber sales in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.