DLA Piper adds partners, all from Greenberg Traurig, for media, sport and entertainment sector: co-Chairs-Entertainment Finance Tom Ara and Robert Sherman; Ara also chairs entertainment transactions; and co-Chair Entertainment Transactions David Markman, also in intellectual property practice ... Cox Enterprises hires Jennifer Humphrey, ex-aide to Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., as director-government affairs, succeeding Elizabeth Oblinger, who left this summer ... Monument Policy Group appoints Gideon Lett, ex-TechNet, to head new San Francisco Bay Area office.
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association hires from NTCA Kelly Wismer as legislative affairs director-broadband and telecom ... Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao appoints Wayne Monteith, ex-Air Force, FAA associate administrator-commercial space transportation.
Internet Association adds Elizabeth Banker, ex-Twitter, as vice president-associate general counsel, and Alla Seiffert, ex-Government Services Administration, for cloud policy director-counsel ... TechNet hires Peter Chandler, ex-Office of Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., as director-federal policy and government relations ... IHeartMedia promotes Paul McNicol to executive vice president-general counsel-secretary, succeeding Robert Walls, stepping down following company’s emergence from bankruptcy.
Office of Science and Technology Policy hires Elena Hernandez, ex-House Commerce Committee, as press secretary ... Amazon hires Troy Clair, ex-Office of Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., and LaDavia Drane, ex-Office of Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., to work diversity and inclusion ... Waymo names Deborah Hersman, ex-National Safety Council, chief safety officer, and Amee Chande, ex- Alibaba, chief commercial officer.
Wiley Rein taps Duane Pozza, ex-FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Financial Practices Division, as partner, Telecom, Media & Technology Practice, areas including blockchain, privacy, security, IoT, artificial intelligence and mobile payments ... Telecommunications Law Professionals promotes Jessica DeSimone Gyllstrom, who works on takeovers and submarine and fiber deployments, to member ... Neal Gerber adds Ian Block, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, as partner, intellectual property practice.
Facebook hires from CTIA Krista Witanowski ... Outgoing Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., promotes Crystal Tully to the committee's deputy staff director ... Airbnb appoints Dave Stephenson, ex-Amazon, chief financial officer ... Limelight Networks announces Tom Marth, ex-Workday, as senior vice president-sales; George Vonderhaar, chief sales officer, leaving after transition.
Fletcher, Heald hires Seth Williams, ex-Marashlian & Donahue, as associate ... Nokia promotes Tommi Uitto to president-Mobile Networks, replacing Marc Rouanne, leaving.
Instacart names Bangaly Kaba, ex-Instagram, vice president-growth ... AstroNova appoints Jean Bua, Netscout, to board; April Ondis steps down.
New America’s Open Technology Institute promotes Sarah Morris to deputy director and hires Spandana Singh and Becky Chao, following Millennial Public Policy fellowships at New America, as, respectively, policy program associate and policy analyst ... Israel Tech Policy Institute and Future of Privacy Forum name Limor Shmerling Magazanik, ex-Israel Privacy Protection Authority, ITPI managing director and FPF senior fellow ... Leaving Entertainment Software Association: Nika Nour, who was promoted in May to head-public affairs/strategic adviser to then-CEO Mike Gallagher ... House Commerce Committee Press Secretary Elena Hernandez leaves.
Netflix hires Information Technology Industry Council President-CEO Dean Garfield, leaving council in February (see this section of the Nov. 19 issue), to lead global public policy ... NRTC hires Ken Johnson, ex-Rural Utilities Service, as senior vice president-broadband programs ... Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tricia Pridemore (R) wins election to six-year term, starting Jan. 1 as expected (see 1811070043); Governor Nathan Deal (R) appointed her Feb. 21 to fill unexpired term of Commissioner Stan Wise; Governor-elect Brian Kemp (R) names Pridemore to transition team as adviser-state government operations.