Cooley expands global cyber-data-privacy and telecom practice with partner Travis LeBlanc, ex-Boies Schiller ... Womble Bond announces new partner and head of telecom team David Carter, ex-Innovista; also joining team from Innovista associates Ernesto Mendieta and John Nelson; senior counsel Howard Shapiro retiring; Erin Fitzgerald hired by FCC as Wireless Bureau attorney-adviser ... Computer & Communications Industry Association hires Keir Lamont, ex-Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, as counsel-privacy, security and emerging technology ... Harris Wiltshire promotes Shiva Goel to partner ... Wilkinson Barker adds Chris Bair, ex-FCC International Bureau, as associate-international and satellite communications.
Software & Information Industry Association Senior Vice President-Public Policy Mark MacCarthy tells us he plans to retire from SIIA after a transition and will help find a successor; he plans to teach and do research at Georgetown University on areas including artificial intelligence/ethics and privacy ... TwinLogic names Greg Barnes, ex-Digital Media Association, principal, and Ali Fulling, ex-House Commerce Committee, policy coordinator ... Nielsen appoints George Callard, from The Weather Channel, chief legal officer, succeeding Eric Dale, resigning ... Cooley adds Charlie Winckworth, partner-intellectual property, from Hogan Lovells.
Wilkinson Barker adds Bob Quinn, ex-AT&T, as partner ... Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., announces Asad Ramzanali, ex-office of Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, as senior technology policy adviser … Orrick Herrington adds to cybersecurity, privacy and innovation team, from Ropes & Gray, partners Doug Meal, Heather Egan Sussman, Michelle Visser and Seth Harrington … National Emergency Number Association names Brandon Abley, ex-Televate, technical issues director.
USTelecom appoints Patrick Halley, ex-Wilkinson Barker, senior vice president-advocacy and regulatory affairs, succeeding Jonathan Banks, who previously led USTelecom law and policy team ... RIAA President Mitch Glazier becomes chairman-CEO as previously announced (see 1704030020) and Michele Ballantyne advances to chief operating officer ... Angela Kung, ex-FCC Wireless Bureau, rejoins Mintz as of counsel, communications practice.
Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi will appoint Douglas Letter, ex-DOJ, as House general counsel ... Submittable SaaS names Brady Meltzer, ex-Oracle, vice president-sales.
Verizon Vice President-State Government Relations Ed Senn announces his retirement ... Tesla names Larry Ellison, Oracle, and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Walgreens Boots Alliance, to board.
OneLogin names Courtney Harrison, ex-Medius Advisory Group, chief human resources officer ... TenFour adds Scott Alcott, ex-Comcast Cable, to board ... Humans.net appoints Mark Minevich, AI Pioneers Forum, to advisory board.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) appoints to 9-1-1 Services Board new members Mary Blowe, Winchester; Scott Garber, Staunton Fire & Rescue Department; Seth Weise, Sprint; and Kelvin Wright, Chesapeake Police Department ... Seagate names Gianluca Romano, ex-Micron, executive vice president-chief financial officer.
Seagate appoints Gianluca Romano, from Micron, executive vice president-chief financial officer ... NARUC appoints Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable Commissioner Karen Charles Peterson as chair, Committee on Telecommunications, succeeding Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner Paul Kjellander ... The Markle Foundation elects Steven Denning, General Atlantic, to board.
Tom Navin, ex-Wiley Rein, joins Facebook as global policy director-connectivity and access ... Jenner & Block advances AnnaMarie Van Hoesen to partner-entertainment and intellectual property ... CPB promotes Maja Mrkoci to chief content and innovation officer ... Vbrick names Christian Rockwell, ex-Sparta Systems, chief marketing officer.