Senate Commerce Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announces Robert Turner, ex-U.S. Marshals Service, as committee’s chief of investigations …... Proskauer hires Bonnie Yeomans, ex-CA Technologies, as special privacy counsel-corporate ... IHeartMedia promotes Angel Aristone to executive vice president-communications ... Gamco Investors names financial tech expert Howard Green, ex-Cantor Fitzgerald, senior vice president-corporate development.
CTAM Senior Vice President-Chief Communications Officer Anne Cowan retiring ... Discovery promotes Keith Kazerman to executive vice president-digital sales, advanced advertising and research, new position ... Ingenico Group appoints Matthieu Destot, formerly of Alcatel-Lucent, executive vice president, Banks & Acquirers unit ... Mozilla hires Lindsey Shepard, ex-Facebook, as vice president-product marketing.
Stellar Development Foundation retains Denelle Dixon, from Mozilla, as executive director-CEO, effective May 1, succeeding Executive Director Jed McCaleb, who becomes chief architect ... Alok Ranjan and Vikrant Mathur, co-founders of Future Today, continue as co-presidents, with long-term contracts with Cinedigm upon closing of latter company’s purchase of Future Today (see 1903150019).
Wilkinson Barker appoints media and telecom partner Natalie Roisman as also director, WBK Forward, new social responsibility program ... Patent and Trademark Office appoints acting Patent Trial and Appeal Board Chief Judge Scott Boalick to permanent role ... Honigman adds Kelley Goldberg, ex-Intel, as partner, Intellectual Property department ... Rockefeller Foundation moves interim Chief Operating Officer Steve VanRoekel, ex-U.S. chief information officer and ex-FCC, to permanent COO.
Lawler Metzger taps James Falvey, ex-Eckert Seamans, as partner-telecom, with other issues including VoIP and privacy ... Uber hires Sarah Paul, ex-office of then-Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., as senior manager-federal affairs ... Universal Music Group adds Dan Morales, ex-eBay, as chief information officer ... BlackBerry moves Bob Day to president of new subsidiary BlackBerry Government Solutions.
Mintz adds Larry Naughton, ex-Choate Hall, as member-emerging growth practice, technology ... Library of Congress appoints Robin Dale, ex-Institute of Museum and Library Services, associate librarian, library services ... SAIC promotes Nazzic Keene to CEO, effective July 31, succeeding Tony Moraco, retiring ... Motorola taps Mahesh Saptharishi, from the company's Avigilon, as chief technology officer ... SentryOne announces Lang Leonard, from LevelUp, as chief financial officer ... Plantronics appoints Chuck Boynton, ex-SunPower, executive vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Pam Strayer.
Association of Global Automakers names Don Stewart, ex-office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., executive vice president-public affairs ... Software & Information Industry Association hires Sara DePaul, ex-FTC, senior director-technology policy ... Manatt Phelps announces Monika Tashman, ex-Fox Rothschild, is partner-entertainment practice ... Goodwin opens office in Santa Monica with focus on technology and private equity industry, moves partner A.J. Weidhaas to office chair ... Perkins Coie hires Justin Cole, ex-CTIA, as senior media relations manager.
American Antitrust Institute promotes Randy Stutz to vice president-legal advocacy ... Bryan Gulley leaves Senate Commerce Committee Democratic office ... FirstLight Fiber appoints Leonard Camara, ex-Energy Federation, chief information officer ... Afilias advances Keith Lubsen to chief business officer ... WGBH-TV hires Tina Cassidy, ex-InkHouse, as chief marketing officer; also names Ann Fudge, ex-Young & Rubicam, board chair.
Netflix Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Bennett resigns ... LeoStella, Thales Alenia Space-Spaceflight Industries venture, names Mike Hettich, ex-Astronics, CEO, replacing Chris Chautard, returning to Thales Alenia Space ... Towerstream promotes Michael Connors to senior vice president-operations ... Aireon appoints Jonathan Astill, from NATS, vice president-general manager of new Air Traffic Flow Management Services.
Harris Wiltshire adds Becky Burr, ex-Neustar, as partner, privacy and data security practice ... Recording Academy appoints Lisa Farris, ex-MetricVision, chief digital officer ... Global VSAT Forum names Irina Petrov, ex-Onlime Group, vice president-marketing and membership.