Library of Congress appoints Frances Lee, Princeton University, inaugural chair in congressional policymaking ... Hamilton Place Strategies adds Christina Pearson, ex-Microsoft, as managing director ... ACLU names Deepa Subramaniam, ex-Kickstarter, its first chief product and digital officer.
FCC personnel departures announced at Thursday's meeting of commissioners: Office of Economics and Analytics' Office of Strategic Planning Senior Counsel Sherille Ismail; he's hired by Intelsat, with his last day at commission June 28, agency spokesperson tells us; Ismail's title is senior counsel, company representative tells us. And Wireline Bureau Competition Policy Division Deputy Chief Ann Stevens retiring, effective June 21.
Manatt Phelps adds Scott Lashway, ex-Holland & Knight, as partner-privacy and data security ... Aerospace Industries Association appoints Ben Stone, ex-Enel Green Power North America, vice president-membership and strategic development ... Google Cloud hires Mike Daniels, ex-Salesforce, as vice president-global public sector ... AT&T's WarnerMedia names Chris Spadaccini, from its HBO, chief marketing officer-WarnerMedia Entertainment ... With Infinite Electronics’ purchase of Integra Optics, the latter’s president, Jim Pascarell, joins Infinite’s executive team, continuing to lead Integra, whose CEO-Chief Technology Officer David Prescott becomes consultant ... Datacenter People Group announces Mark Acton, ex-CBRE, is partner, Portman Partners ... President Donald Trump nominating Ashley Poling, office of Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., to Postal Regulatory Commission for the remainder of term expiring Nov. 22, 2024.
Internet Association promotes to senior vice presidents Michael Bloom, for global government affairs, and Robert Callahan, for state government affairs; Senior Vice President-Global Government Affairs Melika Carroll leaving for Sonder ... Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board adds Geoff Cohen, from Aon, as technologist ... Waymo hires Monique Meche, from Albright Stonebridge Group, as global head-public policy.
Verizon names Rachael Bender, ex-FCC, vice president-associate general counsel ... Lerman Senter adds Jeff Carlisle, ex-Lightsquared, as counsel, focusing on regulatory, transactional and enforcement ... U.S. Cyber Command promotes Ross Myers to vice admiral and deputy commander ... DJI hires Mark Aitken, ex-Akin Gump, as director-U.S. legislative affairs.
Fox Television names Richard Friedel, ex-Fox Network Center and former ATSC chairman, executive vice president-engineering, operations and technology, working on ATSC 3.0 ... Windstream taps Michael Foor, ex-North Georgia Network and its affiliated Georgia Communications, as vice president-state government affairs, Georgia ... American Enterprise Institute names Jillian Wheeler, ex-congressional Joint Economic Committee, associate director-government relations ... U.S. Chamber of Commerce names Sabrina Fang, ex-American Petroleum Institute, senior director-media relations.
Open Markets Institute names Laura Hatalsky, ex-Office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Calif., chief of staff ... General Services Administration names Reynold Schweickhardt, ex-House director-technology policy, senior adviser-technology ... Nancy Brand leaving Software & Information Industry Association's Specialized Information Publishers Association to become Cabot Wealth Network vice president-operations ... Verrill Dana adds intellectual property and litigation attorney Benjamin Stern, ex-Holland & Knight ... Irish Data Protection Commission reappoints Helen Dixon as commissioner.
NAB Leadership Foundation promotes Michelle Duke to president, effective July 1, succeeding Marcellus Alexander, retiring ... IHeartMedia names Andrew Dahm chief privacy officer; he remains senior corporate counsel ... Mintz adds as members-intellectual property Jinnie Reed, ex-Proskauer Rose; and Adam Rizk and Daniel Weinger, both ex-Pepper Hamilton.
Fernando Laguarda, American University College of Law, rejoins Harris Wiltshire as of counsel ... New spatial computing company Meta View, in acquiring Meta’s assets, names Jay Wright, ex-Qualcomm, CEO ... Intelsat appoints David Tolley, ex-OneWeb, executive vice president-chief financial officer ... USTelecom hires Kristine Fargotstein, from FCC, as vice president-policy and advocacy ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance elects new board members Gary Lorenz, Selex ES; Nick Pennance, Tait Communications; and Tim Sage, Tactical Public Safety.
DLA Piper launches artificial intelligence practice, with leaders including U.S. partners Larissa Bifano and Danny Tobey ... Comcast's FreeWheel adds Utpal Kalita, ex-Eyeview Digital, as chief technology officer and vice president-engineering, for Blockgraph, new position ... Snap promotes Derek Andersen to chief financial officer; hires Oona King, from Google, as vice president-diversity and inclusion.