Center for Democracy & Technology adds Maurice Turner, ex-TechCongress congressional fellow on Republican staff of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as senior technologist, Election Security and Privacy Project ... Freshfields hires Eric Mahr, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, as partner, antitrust practice, including transaction litigation ... Haug Partners taps Georg Reitboeck, ex-Kenyon & Kenyon, as IP litigation partner.
CBS names Mike Dean, ex-Disney ABC TV Group, to newly created position of senior vice president-advanced advertising and automation ... Raycom Media gives Scott Dempsey additional duty of regional group vice president, overseeing WIS Columbia, South Carolina, and in Georgia, WTOC Savannah and WFXG in Augusta; He remains vice president-general manager, WBTV Charlotte, North Carolina ... EBay names Jan Pedersen, ex-Twitter, vice president and chief scientist-artificial intelligence.
House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., promotes Mike Bloomquist to staff director, succeeding Ray Baum, deceased (see 1802090018) ... SES board taps SES Networks CEO Steve Collar as president-CEO of the company, succeeding Karim Michel Sabbagh, leaving effective April 5 to spend time with family and pursue new interests, and also names recent Chief Financial Officer Andrew Browne of its O3b Networks as company's CFO, succeeding Padraig McCarthy, retiring during 2018 and stepping down from current job also on April 5 ... Common Cause hires Yosef Getachew, ex-Public Knowledge, as director-Media and Democracy Program, working with ex-Special Adviser Michael Copps.
Board of National Geographic Partners joint venture of 21st Century Fox and National Geographic Society names Gary Knell, president-CEO of the society, to succeed Declan Moore as CEO, National Geographic Partners, effective March 1; also effective March 1, the society's Michael Ulica named interim president-CEO ... National Retail Federation hires from George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security Christian Beckner to head its cybersecurity program ... National Taxpayers Union hires Kevin Glass, ex-Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, as vice president-communications and outreach.
Microsoft hires Allison Halataei from House Ways and Means Committee to U.S. government affairs team as director-congressional affairs, focusing on House Republicans, and promotes John Sampson in government affairs office to lead team focused on Azure cloud business ... Akin Gump hires Mark Aitken, ex-Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, as senior policy adviser-communications practice, working on autonomous vehicle issues ... Raycom Media promotes Ellenann Yelverton to vice president-general counsel, succeeding Rebecca Bryan, retired at the end of 2017 ... Windstream promotes Drew Smith to senior vice president-financial planning and assistant treasurer.
Alphabet hires for Google Fiber/Webpass Dinni Jain, ex-Time Warner Cable, as CEO, Access ... Sam Black detailed to Senate Commerce Committee minority staff from Office of Management and Budget and working now with Space Subcommittee staff; past employers include Satellite Industry Association ... Wiley Rein re-adds Federal Election Commissioner Lee Goodman, named partner and member, Election Law & Government Ethics Practice, including working on free speech, effective Feb. 20; Goodman's last day at FEC is Feb. 16, spokeswomen for the agency and the law firm tell us ... AT&T moves Judy Dobies to director-general manager-national business for the Mid-Atlantic region ... WOW hires Nancy McGee, ex-Starz Entertainment, as chief marketing and sales officer.
President Donald Trump names Kenneth Johnson, general manager-CEO of Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, as Rural Utilities Service administrator at the Department of Agriculture ... Vivid Seats online ticket marketplace hires Christopher Libertelli, ex-Netflix, as senior vice president-business and legal affairs ... 21st Century Fox's Fox Networks Group promotes Jeff Hughes to president, Digital Consumer Group ... National Venture Capital Association appoints from GE Ventures Stephanie Volk as vice president-development ... Raycom Media moves Dianne Wilson to vice president-human resources ... Digital Services Exchange IoT interoperability group begins; chair is Mike Mulica, ex-Synchronoss.
NTIA hires Anne Veigle, ex-Communications Daily, as director-Office of Public Affairs ... Arnold & Porter hires from Hogan Lovells Dori Hanswirth and Theresa House as partners, Intellectual Property Group, global Media & Entertainment practice ... Digital education firm 2U, Inc. hires Katie Race Brin, ex-FTC, as chief privacy officer ... Kroll expands job of Managing Director Benedetto Demonte as North America leader, Cyber Security and Investigations Practice ... Coriant hires Vikram Shanbhag, ex-Teya Ventures, as managing director-Asia Pacific south ... President Donald Trump nominates Charles Cook, C. Cook Advisory Services, to be chief financial officer, Department of Homeland Security ... New to Alliance for Women in Media Foundation national board for 2018: Joyce Fitch, Beasley Broadcast Group, and Diane Schwartz, Access Intelligence.
FCC Disability Advisory Committee outgoing designated federal officer Elaine Gardner (see 1802010019 and 1802010044) a Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Disability Rights Office attorney-adviser, retires from the commission March 2, and leaves the committee Feb. 28, an agency spokesman says ... Kurtin law firm hires antitrust and legal expert David Olasov, ex-Olasov firm, as of counsel; his clients have included media service companies ... Sony promotes Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida to president-CEO, effective April 1, succeeding Kazuo Hirai, who will become chairman.
Wilkinson Barker hires as senior counsels Ronald Siegel, Richard Helmick and Ellen Edmundson, working on broadcast regulation and ex-Cohn and Marks, ending operations ... Mintz Levin hires new technology/wireless law expert Laura Stefani as of counsel, Communications practice, which also adds Elana Reman Safner from K&L Gates as associate, working on cable and broadband ... Davis Polk adds intellectual property litigator who has represented streaming-video and cable companies Ashok Ramani from Keker & Van Nest as partner, Litigation Department.