Fletcher Heald hires Jeff Mitchell, ex-Lukas LaFuria, as of counsel-telecom ... Semiconductor Industry Association names Maryam Cope, ex-GoldsteinCope Policy Solutions, government affairs director ... Analog Devices taps Larry Weiss, ex-Medtronic, as vice president-general counsel and secretary ... Dorsey & Whitney adds Elizabeth Snyder as associate-cybersecurity, privacy, social media and national security law.
Wireless Infrastructure Association hires Amy-Gabrielle Bartolac, ex-American Bakers Association, as public affairs manager, and Kate Forscey, ex-Office of Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., as director-legislative affairs ... FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moves acting Chief Information Officer Christine Calvosa to permanent post ... Ohio Public Utilities Commission Chairman Asim Haque resigns, accepts post to lead state team at PJM Interconnection ... Internet Security Alliance announces Dan Lips, from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as assistant vice president.
Nokia promotes Sandra Motley to president-fixed networks, names her and Mobile Networks President Tommi Uitto (see this section, Nov. 26) to group leadership team ... Iridium Chief Operations Officer Scott Smith retiring; Suzi McBride from OneWeb succeeds him ... Symantec's Nicholas Noviello is stepping down as executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Kevin Brockman, executive vice president-global communications, Disney|ABC Television, to depart after close of Disney buying much of 21st Century Fox ... SoftBank hires Sarah Lubman, ex-Brunswick Group, as partner-corporate communications.
Intel promotes interim CEO Robert Swan to permanent position and names him to board; Vice President-Finance Todd Underwood becomes interim chief financial officer during search for CFO, a job Swan held ... Tesla Chief Financial Officer Deepak Ahuja resigning, stays as adviser; Zach Kirkhorn rises to CFO ... Covington names William Stern, ex-Morrison Foerster, senior of counsel, class-action litigation practice, including entertainment, media and tech ... Greenberg Traurig adds to intellectual property litigation practice Scott Oliver, ex-Orrick Herrington, as shareholder.
House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden, Oregon, hires for Republicans Zack Roday, ex-Republican Attorneys General Association, as communications director; and keeps other staff including as expected (see 1811230027) Robin Colwell as chief counsel, Communications Subcommittee ... Center for Democracy & Technology promotes Brian Wesolowski to vice president-external affairs; Maria Villamar, controller; Liz Woolery, deputy director-Free Expression Project; Tim Hoagland, lead designer and digital strategist; and Becca Jackson, events specialist and office assistant ... Consumer Watchdog Consumer Advocate John Simpson retiring, succeeded by Adam Scow, ex-Food & Water Watch ... Robyn Greene leaving Open Tech Institute to become Facebook privacy policy manager-law enforcement access and data protection ... House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Mike Rogers, R-Ala., hires Nicole Hager, from Senate Finance Committee, as press secretary ... National Association of State Chief Information Officers taps Matt Pincus, ex-National Guard Association, as director-government affairs ... SpectraRep taps John McCoskey, ex-MPAA, as chief operating officer ... Discovery promotes Cindy Mori to vice president-global talent management and corporate talent development ... NIC's Robert Knapp resigns as chief operating officer ... Sinclair adds to board Benson Legg, ex-U.S. District Court in Baltimore ... Sckipio Technologies names Dan Artusi, ex-Intel, to board ... House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, New Jersey, names subcommittee vice chairs, including: Doris Matsui, California, Communications; Tony Cardenas, California, Consumer Protection; and Joseph Kennedy, Massachusetts, Oversight and Investigations ... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California, names Democrats to new Modernization of Congress Select Committee: Chairman Derek Kilmer and Suzan DelBene, Washington; Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri; Zoe Lofgren, California; Mark Pocan, Wisconsin; and Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania.
Akin Gump names Karen Christian, ex-House Commerce Committee, as partner, congressional investigations practice ... Wolf Greenfield promotes intellectual property and patent litigation lawyer Greg Corbett to chair, litigation practice ... PayPal hires Philip Swartzfager, ex-office of then-Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, federal government relations manager ... Snap moves Chief Accounting Officer Lara Sweet to interim chief financial officer and principal financial officer until it replaces Tim Stone, resigning (see this section, Jan. 17).
Verrill Dana elects to partner attorneys including Geoffrey Why, telecom ... TELoIP announces Bernard Breton, formerly at Ericsson, as CEO, succeeding Roger Davis who continues on board ... SoftBank names Michelle Horn, ex-McKinsey, vice president-chief people officer ... IHeartMedia promotes Brad Hardin to chief operating officer, National Programming Group ... NPD Group hires Darren Person, ex-RELX Group, as chief data strategy officer.
Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Senate Commerce Committee staff changes: John Keast, ex-Wicker office, becomes staff director; Crystal Tully advances to deputy staff director; Steven Wall, ex-House Administration Committee, is general counsel; Rick VanMeter, Wicker communications director, same role; Brianna Manzelli elevated to deputy communications director; and, all from Wicker's office, senior policy directors include James Mazol, space subcommittee; and Olivia Trusty, Communications Subcommittee.
Information Technology Industry Council board elects from Electronic Transactions Association Jason Oxman, formerly with what was then CEA and now is CTA, as president-CEO, effective Feb. 28; at around that time, outgoing ITI chief Dean Garfield joins Netflix (see this section, Nov. 20); also at around that time, ETA will start searching for a new CEO; the group's Chairman-President Kevin Jones, Celero Commerce, will work with the association's staff.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) names Genevieve Shiroma to California Public Utilities Commission, replacing Carla Peterman, retiring ... AT&T promotes Trey Rabon to state president-North Carolina, succeeding Venessa Harrison, now president-Georgia ... Federal Street Strategies hires Derron Parks, ex-Samsung Electronics, as senior strategist ... Spectrum Consortium taps Sasha Javid, ex-Hogan Lovells, as chief operating officer.