PdvWireless Vice Chairman Morgan O'Brien succeeding as CEO John Pescatore, who moves to vice chairman ... Control4 promotes JD Ellis to general counsel; ex-General Counsel Greg Bishop leaves to pursue other endeavors ... Michael Best law firm hires Anthony Biller and Emily Haas to Intellectual Property Practice group: Biller as partner and Raleigh office managing partner, Haas as senior counsel ... O'Melveny adds Supreme Court legal practitioner whose cases have involved smartphones Jeffrey Fisher as special counsel-appellate practice; he remains professor at Stanford Law School and co-director of its Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.
MPAA hires Kaelan Hollon, ex-Teva Pharmaceuticals, as vice president-communications, working on content protection and international issues, and promotes Alicia Leahy to vice president-government affairs ... ASCAP adds Nick Lehman, ex-Tegna, as executive vice president-chief strategy and digital officer ... Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden names Kate Zwaard as library’s first director-digital strategy, where she will continue overseeing programs of National Digital Initiatives division, where she used to be chief.
Charles Koch Institute adds outgoing FTC acting Chief Technologist Neil Chilson as senior research fellow-technology and innovation, effective May 1 ... Cox Enterprises adds Sharon Zealey, NextGen Compliance founder, as vice president-compliance, working on data privacy at Cox Communications, Cox Automotive and Cox Media Group ... Discovery Inc. names Jane Latman general manager, Travel Channel; she remains executive vice president-development and research, Investigation Discovery and American Heroes Channel and general manager, Destination America ... Vision Venture Partners, private equity firm investing e-sports, entertainment and technology, hires Mike Mossholder, ex-UFC, as chief business officer.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Chairman Gladys Brown confirmed by state Senate 50-0 for second five-year term, ending April 1, 2023, as a PUC commissioner; she continues also as chairman; Brown will be sworn in at PUC's Thursday meeting ... Internet Association hires Sean Perryman, ex-Democratic staff of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, as director-diversity and inclusion policy and counsel.
Frontier Communications hires Marissa Mitrovich, ex-Politiquette, as vice president-federal legislative affairs, succeeding Jennifer Schneider, now back at the FCC, where she is attorney/adviser, Office of Legislative Affairs ... Outgoing Commissioner Terrell McSweeny resigns as FTC member, effective April 28; she could have stayed until arrival of commissioner nominee Joseph Simons, whom President Donald Trump plans to designate chairman and who would take McSweeny's slot (see 1801250066) ... Robins Kaplan adds trial lawyers from Partridge Snow law firm to Business Litigation Practice group as partners Stephen Wald, with intellectual property and telecom experience, and Lauren Coppola, with expertise on telecom, technology, FCC and public utility commission issues.
Mastercard hires former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman as vice chairman and president-Strategic Growth ... Register of Copyrights promotes Catherine Zaller Rowland to associate register of copyrights and director-public information and education ... AI finance platform maker Kasisto names Rich Ciapala, ex-Microsoft, senior vice president-engineering ... European streamer Qobuz names Yann Miossec, ex-Warner Music France, CEO ... Lobbyist registrations: ASCAP, Venable, effective April 5 ... AT&T, PJM Strategies, effective April 1 ... Disney, PJM Strategies, effective April 1 ... NAB, Becker & Poliakoff, effective April 1 ... Crown Castle International, Hogan Lovells, effective March 23 ... Microsoft, 10-Square Solutions, effective March 19 ... CTIA, Empire Consulting Group, effective March 1 ... Lobbyist registrations: ASCAP, Venable, effective April 5 ... AT&T, PJM Strategies, effective April 1 ... Disney, PJM Strategies, effective April 1 ... NAB, Becker & Poliakoff, effective April 1 ... Crown Castle International, Hogan Lovells, effective March 23 ... Microsoft, 10-Square Solutions, effective March 19 ... CTIA, Empire Consulting Group, effective March 1.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) promotes Commissioner Megan Decker to chair Public Utility Commission, effective May 23, succeeding Lisa Hardie, resigned; Hardie, whose last day at the regulator is May 23, resigned "to prioritize personal issues that make it difficult for her to continue in her role," said a PUC spokeswoman ... Time Warner adds from Google/YouTube Michelle Slavich as executive vice president-global publicity and strategy, Warner Bros. Pictures ... WOW recently hired Amy Bell, ex-Starz Entertainment, as senior vice president-marketing; and, as vice presidents, Leslie Peabody, ex-Goodwill Industries, for human resources business partners, and Bill Case, ex-Wheelhouse Consulting, for total rewards.
White House nominations sent to Senate: Rubydee Calvert and Laura Gore Ross to be members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board for a term expiring Jan. 31, 2022 ... California Public Utilities Commission promotes Anne Simon to chief administrative law judge ... Aire Radio Networks names Blanca Navas, ex-Entravision, vice president-affiliate sales ... Apple promotes Oliver Schusser to vice president-Apple Music ... Nuance Communications hires Sam Rosen, ex-ABI Research, as senior director-corporate strategy ... Evine Live hires Diana Purcel, ex-Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, as executive vice president-chief financial officer.
Discovery promotions: Allison Page to president-HGTV and Food Network and Courtney White to executive vice president-HGTV and Food Network ... Wireless ISP Association hires Claude Aiken, ex-aide to FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as president-CEO ... Changes at Consumer Federation of America: Stephen Brobeck to retire in June after 38 years as executive director; Jack Gillis promoted to replace him ... GPS technology firm Swift Navigation adds Samir Kapoor, ex-Fitbit, to lead its Engineering and Product teams ... KEYPR said Andrew House, ex-Sony Interactive Entertainment, joined its Advisory Board.
President Donald Trump formally nominates Rebecca Slaughter, chief counsel to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to be a FTC Commissioner for the term of seven years from Sept. 26, 2015 ... Tegna names Kurt Rao, ex-Time, chief technology officer effective April 16 ... Frank Friedman, ex-Publicis Media, joins E.W. Scripps in June in the newly created role of vice president-consumer engagement, Local Media.