Communications Personals
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appoints from office of Commissioner Brendan Carr Nirali Patel as special counsel; Carr hires to succeed Patel Will Adams, ex-Morgan Stanley, as legal adviser-wireless issues, and adds Andi Roane, ex-Public Safety Bureau, as staff assistant ... DLA Piper hires from Skadden Arps John Beahn as partner, Telecom practice, which is part of Intellectual Property and Technology practice ... AutoAlert's new chief operating officer is ex-Ford executive Jim Benintende.
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Tegna promotes Kate Morris to president- general manager of Idaho's KTVB Boise and KTFT-LD Twin Falls, succeeding Doug Armstrong, retiring effective March 9 ... Disney moves up Lynn Barrie to join Freeform as senior vice president-original programming and development ... Senate Finance Committee again (see 1801180049) advances nomination of acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan as permanent commissioner ... Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., names Valerie Grey, New York eHealth Collaborative, to Health Information Technology Advisory Committee ... Facebook adds Kenneth Chenault, American Express, to the board, effective Feb. 5.
Women in Cable Telecommunications picks for 2018 as chapter presidents: Greater Chicago, Sara Webb, Comcast; Greater Ohio, Stephanie Shawler, Charter Communications; Greater Philadelphia, Zenita Henderson, SCTE-ISBE; Greater Texas, Nikia Farria-Green, Comcast; New England, Donna Capone, ESPN; New York, Monica Bloom, Tribeca Shortlist; Pacific Northwest, Whitney Joly; Rocky Mountain, Katherine Kirchner, Comcast; Southeast, Jamie Miller, Scripps Networks Interactive; Southern California, Ellen Schned, consultant; and Southwest, Penny Grandon, Cox Communications; advisers include Rob Stoddard, NCTA, for Washington, D.C./Baltimore.
Among SMPTE appointments: John Ferder, ex-CBS Television Network, as secretary/treasurer, succeeding Peter Wharton, elected membership vice president, who names John Maizels, TV and radio technologist, membership director-international sections and Herbert Jay Dunmore, who has been active in such student activities, membership director-student chapters and educational institutions; named standards directors John Snow, Cobalt Digital, Dave Schnuelle, Dolby, and John Hurst, CineCert; and named education directors Yvonne Thomas, Arvato Systems, for conference programs and Jaclyn Pytlarz, Dolby, for mentoring and internships.