NCTA Senior Vice President-Chief, Government Relations Joanna McIntosh retires, effective Dec. 31, to be replaced by Cliff Riccio, currently vice president-deputy chief, government relations; he will oversee federal and state legislative functions and move up to senior vice president-chief, government relations; state team continues to be led by Vice President-Senior Policy Counsel, State Government Relations Lisa Schoenthaler ... Blockchain Association hires Dave Grimaldi from Interactive Advertising Bureau as executive vice president and head-government relations.
Wiley promotes Jennifer Hindin to co-chair, Telecom, Media and Technology Practice, along with existing co-Chair Kathleen Kirby; Hindin succeeds David Gross, who remains an active partner in the practice ... Association of National Advertisers Group Executive Vice President Dan Jaffe, who has led ANA’s Government Relations office in Washington for 36 years, retires at year-end and is succeeded by Senior Vice President Christopher Oswald, who ascends to executive vice president in January ... Glen Echo Group adds Andrea O'Neal, ex-National Geographic Society, as a director and Joey Battley, ex-MSB Analytics, and Katelin Murray, who was a fellow at the firm, as associates.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces retired Chief Copyright Royalty Judge Suzanne Barnett as interim chief copyright royalty judge and head of the Copyright Royalty Board, replacing Chief Judge Jesse Feder who's stepping down ... Institute for Security and Technology hires Megan Stifel, ex-Global Cyber Alliance, as IST chief strategy officer; tech policy expert Yael Eisenstat to co-lead the new Digitally Influenced Democracy Initiative; and recent Clark University graduate Zoe Brammer and Lauren Pompey, from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, as full-time staffers to work on cyber and information security.
On Track Innovations promotes Amir Eilam to CEO, succeeding Yehuda Holtzman, who previously notified the near-field communication solutions provider of his resignation for personal reasons; Eilam continues as vice president-R&D until there's a replacement ... Velodyne Lidar taps Eta Compute’s Theodore Tewksbury, also ex-Entropic Communications, as CEO ... WWE names board member Frank Riddick CFO and chief administrative officer, succeeding current CFO Kristina Salen, departing the company.
Bradley Arant hires Bradford Currier from Kelley Drye as senior attorney on Governmental Affairs team, working on communications matters involving federal and state agencies and including broadband infrastructure deployment and government funding ... Google adds Stacia Cardille, ex-Twitter, as director-global legislative oversight for Alphabet's regulatory response, investigations and strategy team, and promotes Riva Sciuto to head-communications, Google Assistant.
Information Technology Industry Council adds Cisco Minthorn from Intel as vice president-government affairs, working on digital trade and market access agreements ... Cox Enterprises hires Erin McCandless from Cox Automotive as vice president-commercial operations ... Schneider Electric promotes Philippe Rambach to newly created role of chief AI officer ... Nutanix adds Pure Storage’s Dominick Delfino, also former VMware, as chief revenue officer, effective Dec. 6.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announces his state DOJ executive team includes Chief Deputy AG Venus Johnson, ex-Contra Costa District Attorney’s office, now overseeing divisions including those dealing with policy and technology; Chief-Policy Francesca Gessner, ex-general counsel to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; and Director-Communications Bethany Lesser, who held the same post for then-California AG Xavier Becerra (D).
Latham & Watkins annual promotions to counsel (unless otherwise specified) and effective Jan. 1, and all dealing with tech issues, include, in Litigation & Trial Department, Dale Chang for Intellectual Property Litigation Practice; Joseph Hansen with Connectivity, Privacy & Information Practice; and Amit Makker, IP Litigation Practice; and Morgan Brubaker as member, Data & Technology Transactions Practice in the Corporate Department, which also has Darren Guttenberg as a member in Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Department of Commerce hires J.D. Grom, ex-New Democrat Coalition, as senior adviser-legislative affairs for Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo ... Center for Strategic and International Studies adds Remco Zwetsloot, who remains a research fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology until December, to immediately be CSIS International Security Program trustee fellow, working on the U.S. technology workforce, research security, and tech competition with China.
FCC Wireline Bureau attorney-adviser Douglas Slotten plans to retire ... Competitive Carriers Association promotes Josh Perez to associate policy counsel ... In ViacomCBS' buying a majority of Spanish-language content company Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from Disney and the founding family (see 2110280007), Samuel Duque Rozo, founder-CEO of the company being purchased, continues "to exclusively support the business from a creative and strategic advisory position, and Samuel Duque Duque, current president, will lead the business," which comes "under the remit" of ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas President JC Acosta.