Former FTC acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen joins Baker Botts as partner-co-chair global antitrust, effective Jan. 1 ... Albright Stonebridge Group appoints Monique Meche, ex-Netflix, senior adviser ... Northrop Grumman promotes Lucy Ryan to corporate vice president-communications ... Intelsat taps Timothy Schermerhorn, ex-Synacor, as regional vice president-North America.
Fletcher Heald member Frank Jazzo retiring Dec. 31 ... NPR President-CEO Jarl Mohn moves to president-emeritus and NPR Foundation board member when contract ends June 30 ... In developing Stirr streaming service, Sinclair announces management team, including Adam Ware, from Tennis Channel, as general manager, and Editor in Chief Stacie Anthony, ex-Comcast/Watchable.
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., names John Keast, ex-Cornerstone Government Affairs, staff director, Senate Commerce Committee ... ATIS names Brent Struthers, ex-Neustar, director, Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority ... Entercom's Eugene Levin stepping down as principal accounting officer-controller; Assistant Controller-Treasurer James Hamill named interim principal accounting officer-controller.
DLA Piper adds partners, all from Greenberg Traurig, for media, sport and entertainment sector: co-Chairs-Entertainment Finance Tom Ara and Robert Sherman; Ara also chairs entertainment transactions; and co-Chair Entertainment Transactions David Markman, also in intellectual property practice ... Cox Enterprises hires Jennifer Humphrey, ex-aide to Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., as director-government affairs, succeeding Elizabeth Oblinger, who left this summer ... Monument Policy Group appoints Gideon Lett, ex-TechNet, to head new San Francisco Bay Area office.
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association hires from NTCA Kelly Wismer as legislative affairs director-broadband and telecom ... Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao appoints Wayne Monteith, ex-Air Force, FAA associate administrator-commercial space transportation.
Internet Association adds Elizabeth Banker, ex-Twitter, as vice president-associate general counsel, and Alla Seiffert, ex-Government Services Administration, for cloud policy director-counsel ... TechNet hires Peter Chandler, ex-Office of Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., as director-federal policy and government relations ... IHeartMedia promotes Paul McNicol to executive vice president-general counsel-secretary, succeeding Robert Walls, stepping down following company’s emergence from bankruptcy.
Office of Science and Technology Policy hires Elena Hernandez, ex-House Commerce Committee, as press secretary ... Amazon hires Troy Clair, ex-Office of Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., and LaDavia Drane, ex-Office of Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., to work diversity and inclusion ... Waymo names Deborah Hersman, ex-National Safety Council, chief safety officer, and Amee Chande, ex- Alibaba, chief commercial officer.
Wiley Rein taps Duane Pozza, ex-FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Financial Practices Division, as partner, Telecom, Media & Technology Practice, areas including blockchain, privacy, security, IoT, artificial intelligence and mobile payments ... Telecommunications Law Professionals promotes Jessica DeSimone Gyllstrom, who works on takeovers and submarine and fiber deployments, to member ... Neal Gerber adds Ian Block, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, as partner, intellectual property practice.
Facebook hires from CTIA Krista Witanowski ... Outgoing Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., promotes Crystal Tully to the committee's deputy staff director ... Airbnb appoints Dave Stephenson, ex-Amazon, chief financial officer ... Limelight Networks announces Tom Marth, ex-Workday, as senior vice president-sales; George Vonderhaar, chief sales officer, leaving after transition.
Fletcher, Heald hires Seth Williams, ex-Marashlian & Donahue, as associate ... Nokia promotes Tommi Uitto to president-Mobile Networks, replacing Marc Rouanne, leaving.