Howard Shelanski, ex-Office of Management and Budget Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator, rejoins Davis Polk as partner, Antitrust and Competition group .... Rejoining Wiley Rein is Henry Gola, ex-Media General, which Nexstar bought, as associate, Telecom, Media & Technology Practice ... Content Creators Coalition hires LMG Public Affairs, names its Chief Operating Officer Ted Kalo communications director for the coalition, and he remains LMG COO ... Cameron LLP hires lawyer/lobbyist/strategist Brian Wommack, ex-Powell Tate, as partner and head, its new Strategic Communications practice.
Edward "Smitty" Smith, who's leaving FCC (see 1701310027), is hired by DLA Piper as partner, Telecommunications practice ... Cox Enterprises promotes Nancy Rigby to president-Cox Foundations ... Joining Polsinelli as shareholder: Jarno Vanto, ex-Borenius Attorneys, becomes a member, Intellectual Property Department, working on issues including cybersecurity and data privacy ... McKool Smith hires Frank Vecella, ex-Ericsson, as a principal ... Partner Communications names Dudu Mizrahi, ex-Bezeq, chief financial officer, effective March 17, succeeding CFO Ziv Leitman, retiring.
Joining Internet Association: John Olsen, ex-Featherstonhaugh Wiley, as New York executive director, leading IA's new Albany office ... Mercury hires announced Friday include Brent Thompson, formerly at Expedia, as managing director ... Swedish Space Corp. names Daniel White, ex-Com Dev, executive vice president-satellite management services, Americas region ... Joining 21st Century Fox in March: Rob Wade, Dancing With the Stars, named president-alternative entertainment and specials, Fox Broadcasting Co. ... E.W. Scripps elevates Leon Clark to permanent vice president-general manager of Arizona's KGUN-TV Tucson and KWBA-TV Sierra Vista and digital channels; he continues running the broadcaster's radio stations in the market until a replacement is found.
Fletcher Heald promotes Laura Stefani to member; working on emerging technologies and spectrum use ... Stacey Kalamaras, ex-Mayer Brown, joins McDonald Hopkins as counsel, Intellectual Property Department ... Jenner & Block hired media, entertainment and sports lawyer David Sussman as special counsel ... Gray Television said it promoted to general managers, effective this spring: Mike Oates for Augusta, Georgia's WRDW-TV and WAGT, succeeding the retiring John Ray; and Sacha Purciful in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at WHSV-TV and WSVF, succeeding retiring Tracey Jones ... Skyworks Solutions promotes Steven Machuga to vice president-worldwide operations; Bruce Freyman, who led worldwide operations, is retiring.
In CBS Radio and Entercom combining (see 1702020070) in a company to be called Entercom, that broadcaster's President-CEO David Field will lead the combined company; CBS Radio President-CEO Andre Fernandez remains through deal's completion; and the merged company's board will be chaired by Field with five current Entercom directors including him, plus four nominated by CBS Radio ... David Frolio, ex-Wiley Rein, named legal consultant to DLA Piper’s Telecom Group, focusing on global telecom issues ... Jonathan Sallet, ex-DOJ and before that FCC, is a Brookings Institution visiting fellow-governance studies ... Accenture hires Valerie Abend, ex-Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, as managing director-Accenture Security-financial services, North America; she's a cybersecurity expert.
Matthew DelNero, who recently left the FCC as Wireline Bureau chief, rejoined Covington as partner, Communications and Media Practice group ... Universal Service Administrative Co. hires Laurence Schecker, ex-FCC Office of General Counsel, as associate general counsel ... Quadra Partners said it starts advisory practice, which works on matters including public policy amid tech convergence, founded by ex-FCC officials Paul de Sa, ex-Office of Strategic Planning, Ruth Milkman, ex-aide to then-Chairman Tom Wheeler, and Jon Wilkins, ex-Wireless Bureau ... Lerman Senter names Kevin Cookler and David Rines members, to work on wireless and wireline and ISP issues; it hired Sara Hinkle as associate attorney, working on broadcast and broadband issues.
Tuesday was the last day for Bill Lake as FCC Media Bureau chief; as expected (see 1701240064), he's succeeded Wednesday by the bureau's Michelle Carey as acting chief ... Leaving the FCC is Edward "Smitty" Smith, who recently was on leave during the administration transition and was a wireless aide to then-Chairman Tom Wheeler; Smith told us he plans to return to private sector law practice and isn't announcing where he will next work ... TechFreedom hires Austin Carson, ex-aide to House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, as executive director, new position ...F5 Networks hires François Locoh-Donou, leaving Ciena (see this section of the Jan. 25 issue of this publication), as president-CEO and a board member, effective April 3, succeeding John McAdam, who will remain a director.
Intel board said it promoted three corporate officers: Steven Rodgers to executive vice president, and he is general counsel and leads Intel’s Law and Policy Group; Aicha Evans to senior vice president, and she is general manager, Communication and Devices group; and Leslie Culbertson to senior vice president/director-human resources ... Joining Ifrah Law as partner is James Trusty, ex-DOJ Criminal Division, who works on cybersecurity and other issues ... JDA Software Group said it hired Girish Rishi, ex-Tyco, as CEO, succeeding Chairman-CEO Bal Dail; Dail is stepping down and remains at JDA through Q1 and continues as a senior adviser to New Mountain Capital; and directors Michael Capellas, Capellas Partners, becomes chairman and Buzz Waterhouse, who also has been a New Mountain Capital senior adviser, is named vice chairman.
CSRA said the cybersecurity firm hired: Alexandra Veitch, ex-White House, as vice president-government relations; Thomas Doheny, ex-aide to Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., as director-media relations; and Jay Hauck, public affairs and communications consultant, as director-communications/chief marketing officer ... Joining Grant Thornton: John Lainhart, ex-IBM, to Cyber Risk Advisory practice, within Advisory Services, as a senior strategist ... Knowles Corp., micro-acoustic, audio processing and specialty component provider, hires Helmut Vogler, ex-Intel, as senior vice president-global sales, overseeing businesses including mics and intelligent audio ... Syntonic, mobile platform and services provider, appoints Randy Smith, ex-DTS, vice president-corporate and business development.
CTIA promotes Matt Gerst and Jackie McCarthy to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs; Kathryn Dall’Asta is now associate general counsel ... NCTA hires Virginia Zigras, ex-aide to Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., as vice president-government relations ... Charter Communications adds Colleen King, ex-Wiley Rein, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... New title at FTC for ex-NTIA's Juliana Gruenwald (see 1701250073) is public affairs specialist, working on tech and privacy issues ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires as staff technologist Erica Portnoy, ex-Google ... Joining Facebook: Hugo Barra, ex-Xiaomi, to lead all virtual reality efforts, including Oculus team.