RIAA hires George York, ex-U.S. Trade Representative Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation, as senior vice president-international policy ... In office of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Chief of Staff Alberto Martinez named senior adviser, succeeded as COS by Clint Reed, who was campaign manager for Rubio’s 2016 reelection campaign ... Ford promotions include Bradley Gayton to group vice president-general counsel and Marcy Klevorn to group vice president-information technology and chief information officer.
In office of Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Jillian Wheeler is promoted to press assistant, succeeding Press Secretary Emily Long, who is leaving to become a full-time stay-at-home parent; Lee is also Senate Antitrust Subcommittee chairman ... Sunlight Foundation Communications Director Jenn Topper said she's leaving to pursue other opportunities, as part of the group's transition; in a blog post Friday titled "Sunlight will endure," it said that in the transition and under incoming Executive Director John Wonderlich, who previously did the job on an interim basis (see this section of the Jan. 6 of this publication), Alex Howard is promoted to deputy director; in September, the group said it was ending some operations.
Succeeding Dave Hoppe (see 1511060043) as chief of staff to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is Jonathan Burks, promoted as Hoppe is departing after the holidays to pursue a new, undisclosed opportunity ... Miller Barondess hires as a partner Jay Rakow, ex-ProCon.org, who focuses on media, entertainment and intellectual property ... At Time Warner, it said Warner Bros. Pictures President-Creative Development and Worldwide Production Greg Silverman "stepping away" from executive responsibilities to lead a new "multi-faceted" content production and media and technology-related entrepreneurial venture, with support from Warner Bros., effective Jan. 1; it said also taking effect then is Toby Emmerich promoted to president-chief content officer, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
Common Ground Alliance hires attorney Sarah Magruder Lyle, ex-America’s Natural Gas Alliance, as president, effective Jan. 23; she succeeds Bob Kipp, president since the start of the stakeholder-run organization to protect underground lines; his presidency ends in late April ... Joining Fletcher Heald is Mark DeSantis as associate attorney; he came to the law firm from the Global Antitrust Institute, where his fellowship included research on international antitrust and intellectual property law ... 21st Century Fox names at Fox News Kevin Lord, ex-Tegna, executive vice president-human resources, effective Jan. 16 ... Salem Media Group hires Gregg Stiansen, ex-Nassau Media, as general manager, Philadelphia cluster of radio stations, succeeding Russ Whitnah, retiring effective Dec. 31.
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council hires Rikin Thakker; a spokeswoman for the group said he remains at RF Academics, which he co-founded, in a consulting capacity and previously had been president; at MMTC, he is vice president-telecommunications and spectrum policy and the lead content developer for its Department of Labor contract with the National Urban League and the Wireless Infrastructure Association; the MMTC spokeswoman said Thakker succeeds Nicol Turner-Lee, who joined the Brookings Institution (see this section in the Nov. 8 edition of this publication) ... Cable One board promotes President-Chief Operating Officer Julie Laulis to CEO and a director, effective Jan. 1; she will continue as president; Laulis succeeds CEO-Chairman Tom Might, who remains as executive chairman.
BMC Software hires Peter Leav, ex-Polycom, which was bought by Siris Capital (see 1609270041), as president-CEO, succeeding Bob Beauchamp, who remains chairman ... Sinclair promotes John Solomon to chief operating officer-Circa, its newer brand that's mobile-friendly and has video news and entertainment ... Marvell Technology hires Thomas Lagatta, ex-Numecent and onetime Broadcom, as executive vice president-worldwide sales and marketing ... Cubic hires as vice presidents at Cubic Mission Solutions: Jerry Madigan, ex-Aerojet Rocketdyn, for secure communications, and Robert Peabody, ex-Northrop Grumman, systems strategy. ... Petra Industries elevates Jim Loden to vice president of e-commerce sales ... Quantcast sales hires include Brian Murphy, ex-Unified, as vice president-sales/head-East and Central regions ... Newly named to ATSC board for 2017: Paul Hearty, Sony Electronics; Jong Kim, LG Electronics; Peter Sockett, Capitol Broadcasting; Yiyan Wu, Communications Research Centre.
As House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., prepares to take over the Commerce Committee, he said those continuing on the committee include: Mike Bloomquist, as deputy staff director; Karen Christian, committee general counsel; and Peter Kielty, deputy general counsel ... AT&T Vice Chairman Ralph de la Vega is retiring, effective Dec. 31, the company said in an SEC filing that also said AT&T Mexico CEO Thaddeus Arroyo will be appointed CEO to the parent company's business solutions and international unit, effective Jan. 1 ... Fiber to the Home Council Americas adds Ancilla Brady, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, as director-membership and industry relations ... Carlile Patchen hires lawyer Alan Wernick, ex-Quarles & Brady, to business department, focusing on technology, intellectual property and privacy/cybersecurity.
BakerHostetler hires Greg Orlando, ex-aide on communications and technology policy to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., as senior adviser, Federal Policy team ... Vivendi moves Caroline Le Masne de Chermont, who had been a vice president, to head-legal affairs, Vivendi Group ... Powermat Technologies hires Elad Dubzinski, ex-Lucid, as CEO ... Time Warner's Turner elevates to senior vice presidents Curtis Lelash and Tramm Wigzell, both for original series at Cartoon Network, to expand original video and multiplatform programming ... Retiring effective in March from Disney is Geri Wang, president-ABC sales.
Incoming House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., hires onetime staffer Ray Baum as staff director, succeeding Gary Andres; Baum is leaving NAB, where he was a vice president-government relations ... Verizon elevates Robert Fisher to senior vice president-federal government relations, succeeding Peter Davidson, retiring (see 1612020037) … Stepping down from 21st Century Fox is Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Rick Lane, one of the company's top lobbyists who also had been vice chairman of its PAC, effective Jan. 1 ... President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Linda McMahon, WWE co-founder and ex-CEO, to be administrator, Small Business Administration.
Leaving office of incoming House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., is Chief of Staff Brian MacDonald ... Information Technology Industry Council hires Eminence Griffin, ex-aide to House Small Business Committee ranking member Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., as director-federal procurement and legislative counsel, IT Alliance for the Public Sector ... Wilson Sonsini said those promoted to partner, effective Feb. 1, included: Matthew Argenti and Sabrina Poulos, both for patents and innovation; Cédric Burton, privacy and data protection; and James Huie, corporate, including the technology industry.