Longtime cable lawyer Paul Glist retiring from Davis Wright and joining as general counsel The Tahirih Justice Center human rights nonprofit ... Google hires Jose Castaneda, departing Information Technology Industry Council Jan. 18, for Policy Communications Team working on regulatory issues in San Francisco, effective Jan. 28 ... NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine appoints Bettina Inclan, ex-Mira Mira Strategies, associate administrator-communications ... Sen.-elect Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to join Judiciary and Homeland Security committees.
Entertainment Software Association Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Erik Huey leaving to become president of government relations and public affairs consultancy he's co-founding ... Devcon hires Michael Anaya, ex-FBI, as head-global cyber investigations and government relations ... IHeartMedia names Eric Hadley, ex-GroundTruth, senior vice president-marketing ... WarnerMedia adds responsibilities for Kevin Reilly, now president-TBS, TNT and chief creative officer, Turner and Direct-to-Consumer.
With Department of Homeland Security elevating and changing National Protections and Programs Directorate’s name to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jeanette Manfra becomes CISA assistant director ... Comcast's FreeWheel appoints Sarah Foss, ex-Imagine Communications, senior vice president-strategic initiatives, FreeWheel Advertisers.
Tegna taps John Janedis, ex-Jefferies, as senior vice president-capital markets and investor relations ... Facebook names Sarah O’Brien, ex-Tesla, vice president-executive communications ... Starz promotes Marta Fernandez to executive vice president-originals programming ... Comcast Spotlight names Dawn Lee Williamson, ex-Vice Media, Southeast region vice president.
Assistant to Agriculture Secretary-Rural Development Anne Hazlett says department's Bette Brand becomes acting administrator of USDA’s Rural Utilities Service and remains administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service ... Media Institute board designates Richard Kaplar president-CEO, says Chairman Richard Wiley, who stays in that post; Kaplar had previously remained executive director after being promoted to the group's head (see this section in the Dec. 6, 2017, issue).
Software & Information Industry Association hires Jeff Joseph, ex-CTA, as president-CEO, effective Jan. 3, succeeding founder Ken Wasch, retiring ... Identification Technology Association hires Monument Policy Group to take over management, with Monument partner Andrew Howell as trade group's president ... Greenberg Traurig establishes videogame and e-sports group led by shareholders David Schulman, Steven Walkowiak and William Stark ... Davis Wright hires as partner Peter Anderson in media and entertainment practice group.
Rep.-elect Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., hires from NCTA Lane Lofton as chief of staff ... Patterson Belknap promotes to partner Alejandro Cruz, privacy and data security group ... NBC names Philip Martzolf, from Sony Pictures Television, president, NBC Affiliate Relations, succeeding Jean Dietze, retiring.
Others at FCC’s new Office of Economics (see 1812110036) include, by division, Auctions: Deputy Chief-Legal and Policy Gary Michaels; Deputy Chief-Analysis and Implementation Craig Bomberger; Associate Chiefs-Legal and Policy William Huber and Analysis and Implementation Linda Sanderson; Assistant Chiefs are Legal Kelly Quinn; Chief Counsel Erik Salovaara and Economics Martha Stancill; Economic Analysis: Deputy Chief Kate Matraves; Associate Chiefs Octavian Carare, Katherine LoPiccalo and Virginia Metallo; and Industry Analysis: Deputy Chief Cathy Zima.
Sonos hires Eddie Lazarus, ex-Tribune Media, as chief legal officer, effective Jan. 2 ... Andrew Ewalt, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, joins Freshfields Bruckhaus as partner-global antitrust litigation ... National Press Club Journalism Institute hires Julie Moos from McClatchy as executive director, succeeding William McCarren, most recent interim; longtime executive Julie Cooper Schoo died in May ... GCI advances Heather Handyside to vice president-corporate communications and community engagement.
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy names former FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny distinguished fellow ... Tesla names Dane Butswinkas, from Williams & Connolly, general counsel, replacing Todd Maron, leaving in January ... DocuSign advances Scott Olrich to chief operating officer and, effective Feb. 1, Loren Alhadeff to chief revenue officer, new post; appoints Maggie Wilderotter, ex-Frontier, chair, Jan. 1, and Cynthia Gaylor, Pivotal Software, to board.