Information Technology Industry Council President-CEO Dean Garfield leaving, effective in February ... MPAA moves association's Kelly McMahon from vice president-corporate counsel to deputy chair, Classification and Rating Administration, to succeed as chair Joan Graves, retiring in 2019 ... Comcast hires Jay Schwarz, from Office of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, as vice president-public policy.
Wiley Rein promotions to partner include Edgar Class and Ari Meltzer, both for telecom, media and technology ... Internet Association promotes Michael Bloom to vice president-federal government affairs ... Harvey Nash Chief Digital Technology Officer Anna Frazzetto becomes also president-technology solutions, North America and Asia Pacific.
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences promotes Adam Sharp to CEO-president, from interim ... Telecommunications Industry Association names David Bain, from Technology Safety Council, vice president-standards ... RIAA hires Tom Clees, ex-office of Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. ... Eurofins Digital Testing launches Cyber Security Division, naming cybersecurity managing directors Marcel Mangel, ex-TUV, in Germany; Erik Rutkens, from Insite Groep, Netherlands; and Sean Walls, ex-Presido, U.S.
Daiquiri Ryan, ex-Public Knowledge, joins National Hispanic Media Coalition as policy counsel ... Entercom hires Sarah Harris, ex-Emmis Communications, as vice president-social impact, new role, effective Jan. 2 ... Salem Media Group appoints Brad Marshall, ex-iHeart, general manager-Pittsburgh market.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) promotes Willie Phillips to D.C. Public Service Commission chairman, replacing Betty Ann Kane, term ending Dec. 31, and names Greer Gillis, ex-D.C. Department of General Services, a commissioner, subject to confirmation ... McCarter & English adds intellectual property partners John Gutkoski, ex-Barclay Damon, and Jonathan Lovely, ex-Sunstein Kann ... TechNet names David Edmonson, ex-Austin Tech Alliance, executive director-Texas and the Southeast, succeeding Caroline Joiner.
DLA Piper hires Ariel Diamond, ex-FCC Wireless Bureau attorney honors program, as associate, telecom practice ... CTIA spokesperson Justin Cole leaves association, which lists him as assistant vice president-public affairs ... Entravision's Mario Carrera stepping down as chief revenue officer, effective when successor named ... LightRiver Software appoints Travis Ewert, ex-CenturyLink, chief operating officer.
With Attorney General Jeff Sessions resignation, President Donald Trump names Sessions Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker acting attorney general ... With election of Silicon Flatiron Executive Director Phil Weiser as Colorado attorney general (see 1811070043), organization searches for replacement ... Brian Krzanich, ex-Intel, joins CDK Global as president-CEO, also on board; he succeeds Brian MacDonald.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appoints Laura Peter, ex-A10 Networks, deputy undersecretary-intellectual property and Patent and Trademark Office deputy director ... Nathan Kelley, ex-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, joins Perkins Coie as partner-intellectual property and patent litigation ... Venable taps Shane Brun, ex-Goodwin, as partner-intellectual property.
In Verizon’s new operating structure, effective Jan. 1, Executive Vice President and Wireless President Ronan Dunne leads Consumer Group; Wireless Executive Vice President Tami Erwin, Business Group, Oath CEO Guru Gowrappan, Media Group/Oath; and Chief Network Operations Officer and Chief Technology Officer Kyle Malady, Global Network & Technology ... International Association of Fire Chiefs announces Brandon Allen, ex-Columbia University, as government relations manager, replacing Jim Goldstein, retiring and stepping down as alternate.
Google Vice President-Policy and Government Relations Susan Molinari moves to senior adviser in January ... Michael Weinberg, ex-Public Knowledge, leaves Shapeways to become executive director, New York University School of Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy ... American Public Media Group promotes Chandra Kavati to vice president-content distribution and partnerships ... Tessco Technologies promotes Mary Beth Smith to Ventev general manager.