U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue names Anne Hazlett, aide on Senate Agriculture Committee, to lead rural development agencies at the department including Rural Utilities Service as assistant to the secretary for rural development ... Broadcast Music Inc. promotes to executive vice presidents Alison Smith for distribution, publisher relations and administration services, and Mike Steinberg, creative and licensing ... At 21st Century Fox, Ed Davis moves to chief product officer, Fox Networks Group Advertising Sales, new position overseeing FNG IP-delivered ad products and services.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai advances Lisa Fowlkes (see 1706130059) to chief-Public Safety Bureau, where she was acting chief ... Wilkinson Barker hires Anne Swanson, ex-Cooley, as partner; she has worked on drone, tech and communications issues ... NAB hires Josh Pollack, ex-White House aide under President Barack Obama, as vice president-government relations, effective July 10 ... With Verizon completing (see 1706130048) purchase of the operating business of Yahoo, the assets are combined with its existing AOL business to create a new subsidiary, Oath; ex-AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is CEO of Oath, which is part of Verizon's Media and Telematics organization; Marni Walden is Verizon president-media and telematics; Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer resigns from Yahoo.
Univision Communications adds Lan Nguyen, ex-assistant U.S. attorney-Eastern District of New York, as senior vice president-associate general counsel/head-litigation ... Fox News Channel names programming leadership team via promotions: Meade Cooper as senior vice president-programming; John Finley is senior vice president-development and production; Ron Mitchell to vice president-story development, prime-time programming; Lauren Petterson becomes senior vice president-morning programming and talent development; Amy Sohnen named vice president-talent development; and Jill Van Why to vice president-programming operations.
Minnesota Film and TV names Melodie Bahan, ex-Artspace Projects, executive director, effective June 26, succeeding Lucinda Winter, stepping down ... At AMC Networks, AMC and SundanceTV promote Mac McKean to executive vice president-innovation ... Time Warner promotes JP Richards to executive vice president-worldwide marketing, and chief data strategist, Warner Bros. Pictures ... Deep Instinct cybersecurity firm appoints Lane Bess, ex-Palo Alto Networks, executive chairman.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross names Patent and Trademark Office Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal to perform functions and duties of under secretary-IP and director, PTO; Michelle Lee resigned (see 1706060067) ... CSRA Chief of Staff Christian Marrone adds senior vice president title ... Stateside Associates adds Kiley Smith, ex-Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, to State and Local Government Issue Management practice as senior political consultant.
FCC Deputy Chief Information Officer-Technology and Resiliency Christine Calvosa to be acting FCC CIO when David Bray leaves (see this section of the June 6 issue of this publication); also at the commission, Sanford Williams moves up to director-Office of Communications Business Opportunity, where he was acting director ... Christensen O'Connor adds patent attorneys from Blakely Sokoloff, as partners James Go and Cory Claassen, and as associates Daniel Hutchins and Denton McAlister.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) names businessman and ex-state Rep. Damon Baldone (D) a commissioner for the state Public Service Commission; he succeeds Commissioner Scott Angelle, resigned; Baldone serves until a special election ... Office of Science and Technology Policy alumna Renee Gregory joins Willkie Farr as counsel, Communications & Media Department ... New at Uber: Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei as senior vice president-leadership and strategy, reporting to CEO Travis Kalanick and partnering with Chief Human Resources Officer Liane Hornsey.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency hires outgoing FCC Chief Information Officer David Bray as director of NGIA's new Office of Ventures and Innovation; he tells us he will start the job probably in late July ... Telecommunications Industry Association names Wes Johnston, ex-Gores Group, CEO; David Heard had been interim CEO and remains chairman ... USTelecom hires from Frontier Communications Jeremy Pederson as vice president-government affairs ... CTIA hires as directors-cybersecurity: Rob Cantu, ex-Energy Department, now in the Department of Technology and Cybersecurity, and Melanie Tiano, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau, also for privacy, in the Office of the General Counsel.
With Vanita Gupta, ex-head of DOJ Civil Rights Division, starting as president-CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Gupta adds Kristine Lucius, ex-Senate Judiciary Committee staff, as executive vice president for policy; Seema Nanda, ex-Department of Labor, as executive vice president-chief operating officer; and Ashley Allison, ex-White House Office of Public Engagement, as senior adviser; Lucius, Nanda and Allison join Ellen Buchman, executive vice president-field and communications, on senior leadership team; Gupta succeeds Wade Henderson, stepped down effective May 31; also stepping down are Karen Lawson, executive vice president-COO, and Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president-policy.
Once CenturyLink buys Level 3, acquirer says, Level 3 CEO-President Jeff Storey will join the telco as president-chief operating officer, and he's among the Level 3 directors joining the buyer's board; Glen Post remains CEO of CenturyLink; Storey is expected to succeed Post as CEO effective Jan. 1, 2019; then Post will become executive chairman; directly reporting to Post at closing are executive vice presidents: Stacey Goff, general counsel-chief administrative officer; Sunit Patel, chief financial officer; and Scott Trezise, human resources; Harvey Perry advances to chairman, succeeding William Owens, retired; and Bruce Hanks, who moves up to vice chairman ... Wilkinson Barker adds recently retired CenturyLink Vice President-Federal Policy and Regulatory Affairs Melissa Newman as of counsel.