Ligado hires Bill Davenport, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau, as senior vice president/deputy general counsel-regulatory affairs ... A FairPoint director will join the Consolidated Communications board (see 1612050030) as Consolidated takes over Fairpoint, the buyer said in an SEC filing; upon completion of the $1.5 billion deal, Bob Udell will continue as president-CEO of the combined company; Paul Sunu is FairPoint CEO; a spokeswoman told us that it's too soon to say if he will have a role post-closing ... Viacom promotes Tom Gorke to executive vice president-content distribution, succeeding Denise Denson, leaving the company ... Cinnamon Mueller elevates Scott Friedman to partner, effective Jan. 1; he works with cable, broadband and telecom clients ... Rob Roy, ex-Comcast, joins Sprint as chief digital officer.
Sprint names Patrick Doyle, ex-DirecTV, to its board, chairing the Audit Committee … Peter Davidson to retire as Verizon senior vice president-federal government relations at the end of the year … Evine Live names Lori Riley, ex-Target, senior vice president-chief human resources officer … Steven Wilf, law professor at University of Connecticut and former Register of Copyrights, becomes Kaminstein Scholar in Residence at the U.S. Copyright Office for 2016-17 academic year ... Appointees by President Barack Obama: Jane Holl Lute, board member at Center for Internet Security, as member of U.S. Military Academy board of visitors; and to National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, Peter Altabef, Unisys; John Donovan, AT&T Technology and Operations; Steve Smith, Equinix; Jeffrey Storey, Level 3 Communications.
Frontier Communications Executive Vice President-External Affairs Kathleen Abernathy stepped down, effective Nov. 18, the telco said in a Nov. 25 SEC filing; she remains chairwoman, America’s Best Communities Prize Campaign, and now is senior adviser, doing both until retiring, effective April 21; her responsibilities are being transitioned through that time to transfer to Executive Vice President-General Counsel Mark Nielsen; Abernathy told us that once she reaches full retirement in April, she will remain on several boards and also do consulting ... Wilkinson Barker hires Lynne Montgomery, ex-FCC Media Bureau, as counsel, focusing on satellite regulation/transactions and international coordination of licensing.
Promoted in Wiley Rein elections, the law firm said, were, to partners: Shawn Chang, member of the Privacy, Public Policy, and Telecom, Media & Technology practices; Karin Hessler, Intellectual Property and Litigation practices; Rachel Hunnicutt, practices including Intellectual Property; Christopher Mills, Corporate, Government Contracts, Intellectual Property and Litigation practices; and Brian Walsh, Government Contracts, Intellectual Property and Litigation practices; to of counsel: Edgar Class, Telecom, Media & Technology practice; and to special counsel: Tessa Capeloto, International Trade practice; Kathryne Dickerson, Telecom, Media & Technology and FTC Regulation practices; and Jason O’Brien, practices including Litigation.
Joining Mayer Brown Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice as a partner in Washington, D.C., is David Simon, ex-Sidley Austin ... Intel names Tom Lantzsch, ex-Arm, which SoftBank previously agreed to buy, to join its executive leadership team as senior vice president-general manager, IoT Group ... Hearst Television elevates Branden Frantz to president-general manager, WLWT Cincinnati, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Richard Dyer, returning to Tegna, where he recently was hired as president-general manager, WUSA Washington, effective Jan. 2 (see 1611210025) ... Vivint Smart Home hires David Porter, ex-Cummins, as chief procurement officer.
Dynamic Spectrum Alliance hires Kalpak Gude, ex-OneWeb, as president; outgoing Executive Director H Nwana becomes the group's executive director emeritus and remains a spokesman for the alliance ... Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences board names Mike Fischer, ex-Amazon and elsewhere in the videogame industry, as interim president, succeeding Martin Rae, who stepped down in October ... Among those elected Simpson Thacher partners, effective Jan. 1, were Abram Ellis, in the Washington office, focused on antitrust including regulatory issues and international deals ... Alion Science and Technology promotes Bruce Samuelsen to chief operating officer ... Nexstar adds Traci Scott Wilkinson, ex-21st Century Fox's Fox Television Stations, as vice president-general manager; she returns to KASW Phoenix; at that station, in addition to her new jobs, she also helps lead associated digital services, including YourPHX.com.
Lobbyist registrations: Fiber Technology Corp., Grassroots Political Consulting, effective Nov. 21 ... electronics and software firm Harman International, The Kutler Group, effective Nov. 15 ... Lumina Analytics, Holland & Knight, effective Oct. 28.
Jonathan Markman, ex-Fletcher Heald, joins Mintz Levin as associate, specializing in wireless and drone issues ... Coming to Herman & Whiteaker is Clare Liedquist, ex-SmartLink, as an associate; she focuses on issues including wireless ... PwC hires Jocelyn Aqua, ex-DOJ National Security Division, as a principal-technology, information, communications, media and entertainment industry practice, working on cybersecurity and privacy ... TSN Advertising hires Ben Kogus, ex-GAF, as chief operating officer ... Discovery Communications elevates at Discovery Networks International Michael Lang to president-international development, digital and Discovery Nordics.
FCC Press Secretary Kim Hart leaving the commission effective Dec. 2 to become tech editor of the future publication of the to-be-named media company started by some alumni from Politico, where she used to work; those alumni include Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei ... Returning to Tegna is Richard Dyer, ex-Hearst Television, hired as president-general manager, WUSA Washington, effective Jan. 2; and broadcaster promotes Alicia Elsner to president-general manager, KSDK St. Louis ... New York Times Co. elevates Diane Brayton to general counsel, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Kenneth Richieri, retiring effective Dec. 31 ... Quixey, deep mobile search provider, adds John Foster, ex-Zed USA, as CEO and a board member.
TechNet moves Andrea Deveau to vice president-state policy and politics, succeeding John Doherty ... Retiring from FCC are: Bobby Brown, program analyst, Wireless Bureau Technologies, Systems and Innovation Division; Sandra Faulk, International Bureau administrative management specialist; and Gloria Miles, information specialist and Federal Register liaison officer, Office of the Secretary ... Joining Endgame is Donald Saelinger, ex-Opower, as senior vice president-general counsel ... Nuance Communications says board extended contract of Chairman-CEO Paul Ricci through the first half of FY 2018; Executive Vice President-Worldwide Sales Bill Robbins leaves company, plans unannounced.