Squire Patton names as partner tech lawyer Simon Jones, ex-Eversheds Sutherland ... Committee to Protect Journalists hires from the Center for Inquiry as newly created Washington advocacy manager Michael De Dora Salesforce adds Niki Christoff, ex-Uber, as senior vice president-strategy and government relations ... AT&T moves Betsy Francis to oversee mobility and consumer markets in Mid-Atlantic states as vice president-general manager ... Vapor IO data center firm appoints Don Duet, ex-Goldman Sachs, president-chief operating officer.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai promotes Tom Sullivan to chief of the International Bureau, where he was acting chief ... Michael Platt, chief of staff to Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., nominated to be an assistant secretary of commerce ... Tribune Media's Matt Cherniss, president-general manager, WGN America and Tribune Studios, steps down effective at month's end; TV industry veteran Gavin Harvey named interim president, WGN America ... AT&T Global Public Sector moves Rob Dapkiewicz to vice president-federal civilian, succeeding Mike Leff, named vice president-strategy and operations.
Fox Rothschild moves up Elizabeth Litten and Mark McCreary to co-chairs, Privacy and Data Security Practice ... Named to Office of the U.S. Trade Representative senior staff positions: Jamieson Greer, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, as chief of staff; Payne Griffin, ex-aide to then-Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as deputy chief of staff; Pamela Marcus, ex-Skadden Arps, as deputy chief of staff-operations; Stephen Vaughn, ex-King & Spalding, as general counsel; Timothy Reif, who has been general counsel, as senior adviser; Christopher Jackson, ex-aide to Sessions, as assistant USTR-congressional affairs; Cameron Bishop, ex-aide to Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., as deputy assistant USTR-congressional affairs; and Emily Davis, ex-American Action Network/Congressional Leadership Fund, as deputy assistant USTR-public and media affairs.
​Philip Verveer, ex-U.S. coordinator for international communications and information policy and FCC staffer, joins Venable's regulatory practice as senior counsel in Washington ... BT promotes Jennifer Artley to president-BT Americas ... Frontier Communications names John Maduri, ex-Cable & Wireless, executive vice president-consumer sales, marketing and product ... Presidential nomination sent to Senate: Jeffrey Gerrish to be a deputy U.S. trade representative-Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and industrial competitiveness.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names Donald Stockdale, ex-Bates White Economic Consulting and former FCC staffer, chief of the Wireless Bureau; acting Bureau Chief will remain senior deputy bureau chief; James Schlichting, senior deputy bureau chief in the Wireless Bureau, moves to same position in International Bureau ... FCBA election results: Lee Petro, president-elect; Joshua Turner, secretary; Ari Fitzgerald, assistant secretary; and Natalie Roisman, assistant treasurer; Julie Kearney takes over as president and Megan Anne Stull as treasurer on July 1; elected to executive committee were Karen Brinkmann, Russell Hanser, Kristine Fargotstein, Diane Griffin Holland and Robyn Polashuk; Anne Swanson becomes delegate to the American Bar Association; new FCBA Foundation trustees are Justin Faulb, Jordan Goldstein, Johanna Thomas and Rebecca Murphy Thompson; Rachel Sanford Nemeth was elected Young Lawyers Committee co-chair ... Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium adds Erich Staudacher, AFCEA Europe, to advisory council, and Chris Ahsmann, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, to board of directors ... Commissioner Stephen McAlpine elected chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska ... Viacom promotions: Samantha Cooper to executive vice president-distribution and business development and Deena Demasi to executive vice president-distribution marketing; Andrew Borak moves up to senior vice president-distribution marketing and Sheri Weidner to senior vice president-distribution partnerships; Josh Clark, ex-Dish Network, becomes senior vice president-distribution partnerships, and Richelle Clements, ex-Credit Suisse, becomes senior vice president-deal finance ... New on Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Consumer Advisory Council: Sonny Popowsky, former Pennsylvania consumer advocate, and Christopher Winters, appointed by state Rep. Thomas Caltagirone (D), House Consumer Affairs Committee minority chair ... Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners named Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton treasurer.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue names Anne Hazlett, aide on Senate Agriculture Committee, to lead rural development agencies at the department including Rural Utilities Service as assistant to the secretary for rural development ... Broadcast Music Inc. promotes to executive vice presidents Alison Smith for distribution, publisher relations and administration services, and Mike Steinberg, creative and licensing ... At 21st Century Fox, Ed Davis moves to chief product officer, Fox Networks Group Advertising Sales, new position overseeing FNG IP-delivered ad products and services.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai advances Lisa Fowlkes (see 1706130059) to chief-Public Safety Bureau, where she was acting chief ... Wilkinson Barker hires Anne Swanson, ex-Cooley, as partner; she has worked on drone, tech and communications issues ... NAB hires Josh Pollack, ex-White House aide under President Barack Obama, as vice president-government relations, effective July 10 ... With Verizon completing (see 1706130048) purchase of the operating business of Yahoo, the assets are combined with its existing AOL business to create a new subsidiary, Oath; ex-AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is CEO of Oath, which is part of Verizon's Media and Telematics organization; Marni Walden is Verizon president-media and telematics; Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer resigns from Yahoo.
Univision Communications adds Lan Nguyen, ex-assistant U.S. attorney-Eastern District of New York, as senior vice president-associate general counsel/head-litigation ... Fox News Channel names programming leadership team via promotions: Meade Cooper as senior vice president-programming; John Finley is senior vice president-development and production; Ron Mitchell to vice president-story development, prime-time programming; Lauren Petterson becomes senior vice president-morning programming and talent development; Amy Sohnen named vice president-talent development; and Jill Van Why to vice president-programming operations.
Minnesota Film and TV names Melodie Bahan, ex-Artspace Projects, executive director, effective June 26, succeeding Lucinda Winter, stepping down ... At AMC Networks, AMC and SundanceTV promote Mac McKean to executive vice president-innovation ... Time Warner promotes JP Richards to executive vice president-worldwide marketing, and chief data strategist, Warner Bros. Pictures ... Deep Instinct cybersecurity firm appoints Lane Bess, ex-Palo Alto Networks, executive chairman.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross names Patent and Trademark Office Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal to perform functions and duties of under secretary-IP and director, PTO; Michelle Lee resigned (see 1706060067) ... CSRA Chief of Staff Christian Marrone adds senior vice president title ... Stateside Associates adds Kiley Smith, ex-Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, to State and Local Government Issue Management practice as senior political consultant.