With NAB Executive Vice President John David moving from head, Radio Department, to senior adviser to the association (see 1801220016), the group's Steve Newberry adds oversight of that department; Newberry was hired a few months ago as executive vice president-strategic planning/special projects (see 1710130036); Newberry's duties also include overseeing new NAB building project; and in related news this week, a spokesman confirms the group agreed to sell its building for $31.6 million and will stay at 1771 N St. NW and rent it from Stream Realty until it moves, targeted for fall 2019, into its new building at 1 M St. SE.
FCC re-adds Sarah Whitesell, ex-Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women, as again deputy chief, Media Bureau ... NewTV hires Meg Whitman, leaving Hewlett Packard Enterprise (see 1711220003), as CEO, effective March 1; it was founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, named chairman ... Univision names Chief Marketing Officer Jessica Rodríguez to also be president-chief operating officer, UCI Networks, new post ... Lockheed Martin moves to vice presidents Bill Phelps promoted for external communications, succeeding Nettie Johnson, retiring; and Adam Sohn, ex-Amazon, hired, for Lockheed Martin Space Communications, succeeding Andrea Greenan, recently named vice president-internal communications.
Energous hires Daniel Lawless, ex-Broadcom, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... Twitter Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto resigns and SoFi board names him CEO and a director, effective March 1; SoFi interim CEO Tom Hutton, who has been executive chairman, named non-executive chairman ... Murgitroyd promotes trademark attorneys Anne Bashir and Eleanor Coates to directors-trademarks; director is similar to a partner ... Napster appoints management consultant Venesa Hoffmann vice president-business development and operations, Europe, Middle East and Africa ... Communications Engineering hires Scott Hempstead, ex-HA Design Group, as senior design engineer.
NATOA hires member Nancy Werner, ex-Beery Elsner, as general counsel, effective Feb. 5; Steve Traylor was executive director-general counsel until retiring effective Dec. 31, with Tonya Rideout having then moved up to executive director (see 1709270034) ... Executive Vice President-NAB Radio John David moves from day-to-day role as head, NAB Radio Department, effective Feb. 1, named senior adviser to the association ... Internet Association promotions/role expansions: Robert Callahan to lead State Government Affairs team; John Olsen oversees state government affairs in the Northeast as director-Northeast states; and State and Local Government Affairs Senior Manager Lauren Kimzey runs political engagement in California.
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., joins Senate Commerce's Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet Subcommittee, following the departure of Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) from the committee ... Albert Shuldiner, ex-DTS and ex-Ibiquity Digital, named chief of the FCC Media Bureau’s Audio Division. To assure orderly transition, current Audio Division Chief Peter Doyle will temporarily assume new part-time role as senior adviser in the division ... Tim Koxlien will retain his title as TeleQuality CEO with completion of merger of Education Networks of America with TeleQuality Communications ... Univision Communications promotes Michael Mueller to senior vice president-business development.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appoints from office of Commissioner Brendan Carr Nirali Patel as special counsel; Carr hires to succeed Patel Will Adams, ex-Morgan Stanley, as legal adviser-wireless issues, and adds Andi Roane, ex-Public Safety Bureau, as staff assistant ... DLA Piper hires from Skadden Arps John Beahn as partner, Telecom practice, which is part of Intellectual Property and Technology practice ... AutoAlert's new chief operating officer is ex-Ford executive Jim Benintende.
Arnold & Porter hires Chris Dodd, ex-MPAA, as senior counsel-Legislative and Public Policy group, working on issues including media and entertainment, intellectual property, data privacy and telecom ... Fletcher Heald adds broadcast attorney Mark Lipp, ex-Wiley Rein, to broadcast and media practice ... Telecommunications Industry Association promotes Ashley Simmons to senior director-external affairs, and she tells us the new department she heads includes the association’s brand, public affairs, communications and marketing efforts.
Dentons hires ex-FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau legal adviser Lauren Wilson as managing associate, Federal Regulatory and Compliance group, working on telecom, media and technology ... Starz retains from Lionsgate Audrey Lee as executive vice president-general counsel, succeeding Chief Legal Officer David Weil, continuing in consulting role ... Alticast promotes Jae Park to president-general manager, Alticast Americas.
MapR Technologies founder and Executive Chairman John Schroeder returns as chairman-CEO; ex-CEO Matt Mills leaving ... Altierre board names Tony Alvarez, ex-SunEdison Semiconductor, CEO ... Center for Connected Health Policy advances Mei Wa Kwong to executive director, a job she did on an interim basis after the August death of Mario Gutierrez ... Back at Raycom Media: Greg McCastle, ex-Dstillery, as chief revenue officer, overseeing digital, linear and addressable advertising ... New York Times Co. adds to board Rachel Glaser, Etsy.
Information Technology Industry Council names Ashley Berrang, ex-staff of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), senior vice president-external affairs ... WideOpenWest said Scott Russell was terminated as chief marketing and sales officer ... Gray Television names Chris Fedele, ex-WLEX-TV Lexington, Kentucky, general manager of WTVG Toledo, Ohio ... Cox Enterprises promotes Sonji Jacobs to assistant vice president-corporate communications ... ViaSat adds Sean Pak, Quinn Emanuel, to its board ... Riedel Communications names Martin Berger, ex-Vorwerk, to new position of chief sales officer ... Wireless Telecom Group promotes Chris Newton to vice president-global sales for its Microlab subsidiary.