Acting Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple Claggett moves up Denise Wofford to director-public records and repositories, Copyright Office ... New America adds Andres Bascumbe, ex-aide to Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., to TechCongress as program manager ... Joining Optelian is Bryan Hall, formerly at companies bought by Alcatel and Cisco, as senior vice president-sales ... Chunghwa Telecom Senior Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Bo Yung Chen resigns, effective June 1; President Chi-Mau Sheih named interim CFO ... Bahakel Communications promotes Sherry Nelson to vice president-general manager, Montgomery TV operations; she had been interim general manager.
TiVo President-CEO Thomas Carson retiring after a successor is found and then will be an adviser ... Among additional changes at Ford under new CEO Jim Hackett (see this section of this publication on May 23 and 24): Sherif Marakby rejoins, as vice president-autonomous vehicles and electrification, effective June 12; Ken Washington named vice president-research and advanced engineering and chief technology officer; Neil Schloss moves to vice president-chief financial officer-mobility, effective Aug. 1; Bradley Gayton appointed group vice president-chief administrative officer-general counsel, effective June 1 and continuing to report to Hackett; and Jeff Lemmer moves up to chief operating officer-information technology, effective June 1.
E.W. Scripps moves Chris Way to vice president-general manager, KTNV-TV Las Vegas; Lana Durban Scott named interim GM, KMTV-TV Omaha ... Disney hires Tricia Melton, ex-Time Warner, as senior vice president-marketing, Freeform ... Morrison & Foerster adds Wilson Sonsini IP litigators to Intellectual Property Litigation group: as partners Stefani Shanberg and Jennifer Schmidt; of counsel Robin Brewer; and associates Eugene Marder, Madeleine Greene, and Michael Guo.
The Alpine Group advances to principal Les Spivey and to associate principals Ansley Erdel, Michael Henry, Courtney Johnson and Jason Schendle ... Jenner & Block hires Patrick Pearsall, ex-State Department, as partner, effective June 22, and chair, newly formed Public International Law Practice and member, International Arbitration and Government Controversies and Public Policy Litigation practices ... Shentel Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer Earle MacKenzie to retire after successor is found and after a transition period ... Comcast moves up John Gauder to regional vice president-California, succeeding Hank Fore, retired.
Changes at Ford: Jim Hackett, chairman of Ford Smart Mobility, replaces Mark Fields who is retiring, as president-CEO, effective immediately ... Best Best law firm adds as assistant director-governmental affairs Ana Schwab, who worked on Capitol Hill and for other firms ... Neustar retains Sai Huda, ex-Fidelity National Information Services, as general manager-risk solutions ... SMS Assist adds Taylor Rhodes, ex-Rackspace, as CEO, succeeding founder Mike Rothman, remaining as chairman ... Tanium hires from Facebook Chris Bream as chief technology officer, succeeding in that post co-founder and CEO Orion Hindawi.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, leaving Congress June 30 ... Rachel Brand confirmed as associate attorney general ... Scripps Networks Interactive names Lois Nix, ex-Weather Company, senior vice president-chief financial officer, advertising sales division.
Comcast's Kyle McSlarrow, named to lead its national customer experience efforts as senior vice president-customer experience, effective in June, is succeeded as regional vice president, Washington region, by Amy Lynch, who was vice president-engineering operations, West division ... Alion Science and Technology appoints Steve Schorer, ex-DynCorp, president-CEO, succeeding Bahman Atefi, named vice chairman ... Blue Jay promotes Robert Young to chief financial officer ... Rachel Wolbers, ex-TwinLogic, says Engine hires her as policy director.
Jenner & Block hires ex-FCC officials for Communications, Internet and Technology Practice: Howard Symons as partner (see this section of the May 8 issue of this publication); Roger Sherman, as of counsel, effective June 7; and Johanna Thomas as special counsel ... Arizona Corporation Commission promotes at Utilities Division Eli Abinah to permanent director; and, at Legal Division, Robin Mitchell to assistant director-senior staff attorney; Maureen Scott to deputy chief-litigation and appeals, new post; and Scott succeeded by Wes Van Cleve as senior staff attorney.
Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy names Gigi Sohn, also at Open Society Foundations, as a distinguished fellow at the institute ... New to 21st Century Fox: Audrey Cooling, ex-Glover Park Group, as vice president-Global Public Affairs and Policy group; reporting to her is Charlie Greene, ex-Commerce Department, named manager-public affairs and policy ... Computer & Communications Industry Association hires Joshua Landau, ex-WilmerHale, as patent counsel and lead blogger-CCIA’s Patent Progress ... Joining Wikimedia Foundation is Eileen Hershenov, ex-Consumers Union, as general counsel.
Wilkinson Barker hires ex-FCC member Kathleen Abernathy, most recently at Frontier Communications, to return to the law firm, as special counsel, and she may work with clients in sectors including in media, communications and technology ... Towerstream names Laura Thomas, ex-TNCI, as chief financial officer, succeeding Frederick Larcombe ... Ex-Bose veteran Pete Ogley named chief operating officer at Sennheiser ... Discovery Communications moves up Donna D'Alessandro to senior vice president-programming, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet ... Comcast adds J.D. Keller, ex-ADT, as regional vice president, Twin Cities region.