In addition to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons' nominee from Covington & Burling Andrew Smith as director-Consumer Protection Bureau (see 1805170066) getting 3-2 approval, in 5-0 commissioner votes Bruce Hoffman named director-Competition Bureau, where he was acting director; Bruce Kobayashi from George Mason University Scalia Law School named director-Economics Bureau; and Alden Abbott, named acting general counsel by then-acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen (see the section of the April 3 issue of this publication), moves to general counsel.
House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., says Communications Subcommittee Chief Counsel David Goldman leaving for the private sector; next job not being announced now ... Secured Communications hires Jason Karp, ex-FirstNet, as chief legal counsel and board member ... Altice hires from JPMorgan Chase Michael Magdelinskas as director-government affairs and business affairs ... PdvWireless board promotes Robert Schwartz to president-chief operating officer.
Meredith board elects Patrick McCreery to move up to president, Local Media Group, effective July 1, succeeding Paul Karpowicz, retiring then ... Cogeco/Cogeco Communications boards promote Philippe Jetté to president-CEO of both, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Louis Audet, named executive chairman; outgoing Chairman Jan Peeters becomes lead director ... Aerospace Industries Association elevates Jason Yaley to vice president-membership and strategic development ... Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden promotes Mark Sweeney to principal deputy librarian of Congress ... Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation hire Tara Puckey, ex-Society of Professional Journalists, as director-strategic initiatives, new post.
Enterprise Wireless Alliance hires Bette Rinehart, ex-Motorola Solutions, as director-spectrum solutions ... Linux Foundation retains Lisbeth McNabb, ex-Match.com and now on the Nexstar board, as chief financial officer/chief operating officer ... Cologix hires Lisa Guillaume, ex-Relay Network, as chief marketing officer ... Threat Stack moves up Pete Cheslock to vice president-technical operations ... Crown Media Family Networks adds from Paulist Productions Marybeth Sprows as vice president-development.
Comcast's NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations' Telemundo Station Group promotes Matthew Lobdell to chief financial officer ... Gray Television names Andrew Stewart, ex-Sinclair, vice president-general manager, WOWT Omaha, and Don Davis, ex-Gabriel Media, general manager, KOSA-TV Odessa, Texas ... L3 Technologies promotes James Blair to vice president-treasurer, succeeding Stephen Souza, retiring.
CTA promotes Steve Koenig to vice president-market research ... Neustar adds Marjorie Bailey, ex-CACI, as senior vice president-human resources ... Shentel hires David Heimbach, ex-Rise Broadband, as executive vice president-chief operating officer, responsible for wireless, cable and wireline units; Executive Vice President-COO Earle MacKenzie becomes executive vice president-special projects, staying for a transition (see 1712050021) period ... EStruxture data center firm adds as senior vice presidents James Beer, ex-Q9 and Bell Canada, for operations and Nicolas Vanasse, ex-Lumenpulse, as chief legal officer-corporate secretary.
CenturyLink promotes Dave Young to senior vice president-strategic government ... TechFreedom names James Dunstan its first general counsel; he has been senior adjunct fellow since group began and keeps practice at Mobius Legal Group ... Squire Patton hires Matthew Kirk, ex-Vodafone, as international affairs adviser, International Public Policy Practice ... New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (see 1804240040) hires Megan Powers, ex-Executive Office of the President, as press secretary ... CTA signs Eric Schwartz, ex-Napco, to a "consulting partnership" agreement through his new firm, Catapult Communications, and promotes Steve Koenig to vice president-market research.
New FTC Chairman Joseph Simons names senior staff: Cathy MacFarlane is director, Office of Public Affairs, a job she had 2001-03; Tara Isa Koslov named interim chief of staff, she recently moved from acting director, Office of Policy Planning (see the May 1 personals section of this publication); Randolph Tritell continues as director, Office of International Affairs; Jeanne Bumpus remains director, Office of Congressional Relations; David Robbins stays executive director; Donald Clark continues as secretary; and Kevin Williams still is director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Workplace Inclusion ... New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigns after assault allegations he denies; New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood named acting AG.
Entertainment Software Association hires Andrew Bowins, ex-KPMG US, as senior vice president-communications and industry affairs, and moves up Nika Nour to head-public affairs and be strategic adviser to CEO Michael Gallagher; Bowins succeeds Richard Taylor, hired by T-Mobile (see this section of this publication's May 7 issue) ... NRTC hires Greg Bartolomei, ex-Eaton, as president-utility solutions, working on broadband and smart grid issues ... At National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Sharp Things founder Adam Sharp is a temporary employee acting as interim president-CEO until June 30.
Fox News names Lily Fu Claffee, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, general counsel; Dianne Brandi, executive vice president-legal and business affairs, remains on voluntary personal leave ... T-Mobile hires Richard Taylor, ex-Entertainment Software Association, as director-corporate communications.