BGR Group hires NCTA's Justin Rzepka as vice president, effective July 20; he will primarily work with Commerce practice on technology and telecom ... House Science, Space and Technology Committee adds Heather Vaughan, who ran a communications firm, as communications director, succeeding Thea McDonald, moved to White House National Space Council (see this section of the June 27 issue) ... CACI appoints Executive Vice President Mike Hale to lead National and Cyber Solutions group responsible for cybersecurity, space and some other operations.
White House National Space Council adds Thea McDonald,ex-House Science, Space and Technology Committee (see this section of the June 20 issue), as director-communications ... OpenNews Director Dan Sinker stepping down, effective July 31, succeeded by Erika Owens, promoted ... Extreme Reach promotions: co-founder Tim Conley to CEO; Jorge Martell to chief financial officer, which he was on an acting basis; and Jennifer Wambold to chief human resources officer ... Vecima's Concurrent Technology adds enterprise communications expert John McComiskie as vice president-sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
In Gray buying Raycom (see 1806250057), effective at closing, Raycom President-CEO Pat LaPlatney becomes Gray president/co-CEO; LaPlatney and Raycom former President-CEO Paul McTear, both on Raycom board, join buyer's board; and Gray Chairman-President-CEO Hilton Howell becomes executive chairman/co-CEO of Gray; while effective July 1, Gray co-Chief Operating Officers Bob Smith and Nick Waller shift, with Smith COO and Waller chief administrative officer.
Orrick hires tech antitrust expert Amy Ray, ex-Cadwalader, as a partner ... Harvard Kennedy School hires Setti Warren, ex-mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, as executive director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, effective July 9.
Charter Communications hires for Washington office Rachel Welch, ex-Cox Enterprises, as senior vice president-policy and external affairs; Virginia Zigras, ex-lobbyist for NCTA, as vice president-legislative affairs; and Christy Reap, ex-Frontier Communications, as director-policy communications; Robert Kenny had previously held that job, and has left the cable operator ... With Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigning (see 1806210008), Chief Financial Officer Robert Swan named interim CEO ... Frontier Communications Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Perley McBride resigning for personal reasons, returning to Atlanta where his family lives, remaining until Aug. 31.
Benton adds Gigi Sohn, ex-Mozilla fellow, as senior fellow-public advocate; continues as distinguished fellow, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy ... New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood appoints Kim Berger, ex-BraunHagey & Borden, chief-Internet and Technology Bureau ... Verizon hires from Lyft Laura Claster Bisesto as director-state government affairs, Oath, leading such work in the U.S. ... Altice USA adds Jean-Charles Nicolas, ex-Altice Dominicana, as senior vice president-Altice Mobile, new post.
The Aerospace Corp. adds Teri Spoutz, ex-Pinnacle Engineering, as chief-government relations ... NC 911 Board names L.V. Pokey Harris, public safety answering point liaison between the board and the state’s 911 centers, executive director, succeeding Richard Taylor, recently retired ... Adobe promotes Dana Rao to executive vice president-general counsel, succeeding Mike Dillon, who said he's retiring ... DuckDuckGo hires from FTC Megan Gray as general counsel-policy advocate.
Fiber Broadband Association hires Lisa Youngers, ex-Nextlink, as executive director, effective July 9, succeeding President-CEO Heather Burnett Gold, retiring (see this section's Nov. 13 edition) ... FCC Incentive Auction Task Force Senior Adviser-Communications and Policy Charlie Meisch left the agency for SKDKnickerbocker, which hired him as vice president and director-technology practice ... Sustainable Electronics Recycling International promotes Corey Dehmey, who directed its R2 standard, to executive director, succeeding John Lingelbach ... Mintz Levin hires from Morrison & Foerster for Corporate & Securities practice Scott Stanton as member; expertise includes software and semiconductors.
With AT&T completing buy of Time Warner (see 1806140041), buyer says Jeff Bewkes, ex-TW chairman-CEO, remains as senior adviser during transition; and as previously announced leading the parent's four businesses and reporting to AT&T Chairman-CEO Randall Stephenson are: AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan; John Stankey, CEO of AT&T media business, now boss of Bewkes’ direct reports; CEO, AT&T International and Global Marketing Officer of parent company Lori Lee; and Brian Lesser, CEO of AT&T ad and analytics business ... BSA|The Software Alliance hires as director-policy Joseph Whitlock, ex-Office of U.S. Trade Representative ... Digi International IoT provider hires technology and telecom consultant Gokul Hemmady, ex-Nextel, as senior vice president-chief financial officer-treasurer, succeeding Michael Goergen, leaving as previously announced after a transition.
Facebook Vice President-Communications and Policy Elliot Schrage is leaving, company confirms ... Arris names Ian Whiting president, Enterprise Networks segment, effective July 1, succeeding Dan Rabinovitsj, leaving company after leading integration into the company of Ruckus Networks, where Whiting worked ... Equifax taps Bryson Koehler, ex-IBM, as chief technology officer ... TechNet adds from Bloom Energy Christina Fisher as executive director-Massachusetts and Northeast ... Activision Blizzard hires from Twitter Kristin Binns as senior vice president-chief communications officer, effective in July.