Communications Personals
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names Michael Carowitz, who was deputy Enforcement Bureau chief, as special counsel, Office of the Chairman; Nick Degani, who was senior counsel, became acting general counsel (see 1709080036) ... Arizona Corporation Commissioner Doug Little hired by federal Department of Energy as deputy assistant secretary-intergovernmental and external affairs, effective Oct. 2 ... Retiring from ESPN at year's end: Ed Durso, who has been executive vice president-administration; in January, Chief Counsel Diane Morse assumes Durso's seat on the ESPN board ... Netflix hires Melissa Cobb, ex-Dreamworks, as vice president-kids and family, overseeing the creation and acquisition of series and films for children and families, reporting to Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.
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Cadence promotes John Wall to senior vice president-chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1; CFO Geoff Ribar remains at the company as senior adviser until previously announced retirement at end of March ... Jon Peha, ex-FCC and now at Carnegie Mellon University, among those named senior fellows, American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy ... E! Entertainment adds Amy Introcaso-Davis, ex-GSN, as executive vice president-development and production, effective Sept. 25, returning to NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, which is part of Comcast.
Among those at Open Markets Institute, which includes alums of New America Open Markets program (see 1708300046): Executive Director Barry Lynn; Policy Director and Managing Editor Phil Longman; Director-Legal Policy Lina Khan; and Director-Advocacy Sarah Miller; board includes Chair Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University Law School ... Genband adds John Elliott, ex-Cisco, as vice president-business development, Kandy ... ScanSource adds to board Betty Temple, chair-CEO of Womble Carlyle ... FireEye board appoints Robert Switz, ex-ADC Telecommunications, a director.
Rural Wireless Association elections and 2017-18 officers include added to the board Jake Baldwin, Bravado Wireless; RWA President-CEO Brian Woody, Union Wireless, completes two three-year terms on the board and now ex officio adviser; Mike Kilgore, Sagebrush Cellular, named incoming president-CEO; Bert Potts; Strata Networks, vice president; Jana Wallace, Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, secretary; and Roger Schmitz, Telsasoft, remains treasurer ... Lobbyist registrations: Handy Technologies, Ulman Public Policy & Federal Relations, effective Sept. 1 ... Phoenix Data, Bose Public Affairs Group, effective Sept. 1 ... Vigilant Solutions, Van Scoyoc Associates, effective Aug. 1.