MPAA promotes Gail MacKinnon to senior executive vice president-global policy and government affairs ... Kelley Drye adds David Clonts and Kevin Cadwell, both from Akin Gump, as partners-intellectual property; Monica Moussighi, ex-Moussighi Law, joins as special counsel, background in electrical engineering ... National Safety Council appoints Lorraine Martin, from Pegasus Springs Foundation, CEO-president ... Library of Congress' Gayle Osterberg leaves as director-communications.
Akin Gump names Galen Roehl, ex-USTelecom, senior policy adviser, public law and policy practice ... Univision appoints Galiya Tleuova, ex-Time, executive vice president-finance, chief accounting officer and corporate controller, succeeding Matthew Drucker, resigned ... Beasley Media promotes Heidi Raphael to chief communications officer.
RIAA advances Morna Willens to chief policy officer and Karen Silhol to chief financial officer and adds Ken Doroshow, ex-Jenner & Block, as chief legal officer ... Entertainment Software Association promotes in government affairs: Missy Foxman and Kevin O'Hanlon to senior directors-federal; Kathryn Gunter, director-state; and Adriana Barajas, associate; and hires Kara Kelber, ex-Consumer Reports (see this section, May 6), as director-communications and industry affairs, and Shaokyi Amdo as communications and social media coordinator.
Monday, MPAA moved association's Kelly McMahon (see this section, Nov. 19) to chair, Classification and Rating Administration, to succeed as chair Joan Graves, retired ... Technology Policy Institute hires Robert Hahn, ex-American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, as senior fellow ... MTV names Sheila Nevins, ex-HBO, to launch MTV Documentary Films.
BSA|The Software Alliance hires from D&P Creative Strategies Roberto Fierro as director-legislative strategy ... Cumulus Media appoints Brian Philips, ex-Viacom, executive vice president-content and audience, replacing Mike McVay, returning to full-time consulting, with Cumulus as his first client ... T-Mobile promotes Robert Gary to senior vice president and general manager, Home & Entertainment, replacing Jeff Binder, leaves company.
Kara Kelber leaving Consumer Reports, where she's associate director-strategic communications ... In securing investment and exclusivity commitment from Invicta Watch Group, Evine announces IWG CEO Eyal Lalo as vice chairman; former Evine Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tim Peterman as CEO; and IWG partner Michael Friedman as board member; ex-Evine CEO Bob Rosenblatt remains on the board.
Flex names Phil Ulrich, from Eaton, chief human resources officer, and Raejeanne Skillern, from Intel, president-communications and enterprise compute group ... Lyft hires Tal Shaked, ex-Google, as head-machine learning and artificial intelligence, new position ... Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International elects board including Chairman Mark Gordon, Stratom; Executive Vice Chairman Suzy Young, University of Alabama; and new members Sean Bielat, Flir; Dyan Gibbens, Trumbull Unmanned; Suzanne Murtha, Aecom; Steven Nordlund, Boeing; and Thomas Reynolds, Hydroid Kongsberg.
NAB promotes Trish Johnson to chief financial officer and senior vice president-finance ... Lerman Senter announces David Burns, ex-Pillsbury Winthrop, as counsel-media ... Dynamic Spectrum Alliance appoints Martha Suarez, ex-National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, president ... Industry Data Exchange Association Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing Mike Wentz retiring at month’s end.
Charter Communications taps Dan Gonzalez, ex-AT&T, for group vice president-state regulatory affairs ... Ohio Public Utilities Commission adds Sam Randazzo, ex-McNees Wallace, as chairman, and Dennis Deters, ex- Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals, as commissioner ... Ballard Spahr names Kaitlin Gurney, ex-Pepper Hamilton, of counsel-media law ... National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute establishes Center for Legal Advocacy and Faculty Development with Ari Telisman, ex-Office of the Illinois Attorney General, director.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., hires David Strickland, ex-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as Democratic committee staff director ... Quarles & Brady adds patent attorneys: Kris Fredrick, ex-Honeywell, as partner, and three from Andrus Law Tolga Gulmen, as of counsel, and Tambryn VanHeyningen and Scott McBride as partners ... Goodwin adds Sanjeet Dutta, ex-Steptoe & Johnson, as partner-technology ... Telemundo promotes Robert Sarabia to president-general manager, KVDA San Antonio ... Arm taps Inder Singh, ex-Unisys, executive vice president-chief financial officer.