Hogan Lovells adds Karl Racine, former Washington, D.C., attorney general, as litigation partner … FTC Office of Policy Planning Director Elizabeth Wilkins becomes agency’s acting chief of staff; Jen Howard, former chief of staff, joins Transportation Department as chief compliance officer … Extenet names Scott Pomykalski, ex-Nokia, chief revenue officer.
Netflix founder-co-CEO Reed Hastings announces he’s now executive chairman, with Greg Peters advancing to join Ted Sarandos as co-CEO; Bela Bajaria rises to chief content officer and Scott Stuber to Netflix Film chairman.
Social media management platform Hootsuite hires CareerBuilder’s Irina Novoselsky as CEO, succeeding Tom Keiser, departed ... Logically, a managed IT and security service provider, promotes Joshua Skeens to CEO, succeeding Michelle Accardi.
Evan Morris is now FCC Media Bureau associate bureau chief, from legal adviser.
CTIA promotes Kathryn Dall’Asta to vice president-deputy general counsel, Sarah Leggin to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs, and Jilane Petrie to assistant vice president-public affairs … Kansas Corporation Commission elects Commissioner Susan Duffy chair … Nebraska Public Service Commission elects Tim Schram (R) vice chair.
FCC Chief of Staff-Office of Legislative Affairs Lori Maarbjerg and Legal Adviser-Media Bureau Evan Morris advance, respectively, to Media Bureau deputy bureau chief and associate bureau chief … Copyright Office promotes Andrew Foglia to deputy director-policy and international affairs … Wilkinson Barker announces Jeffrey Gee, from the FCC Enforcement Bureau, as partner-telecom and media.
The Brattle Group announces promotions, including of Paroma Sanyal, co-leader for telecommunications, media and entertainment … Jegi Clarity M&A, advisory firm for global media, marketing, information and technology industries, promotes Rich Kanefsky to managing director … Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission moves acting Director-Legislative Affairs JJ Livingston to permanent post.
Mayer Brown names partner Howard Waltzman, who focuses on communications and technology law and privacy compliance, a co-leader of its Public Policy, Regulatory and Government Affairs practice … Steptoe expands commercial litigation department with three new partners with FTC experience: Eric Berman, Dan Blynn and Steve Freeman, all from Venable … State Educational Technology Directors Association names Ellen Ullman, ex-Up Creative, communications manager.
Nathalie Marechal, ex-Ranking Digital Rights, joins Center for Democracy and Technology as co-director, Privacy & Data Project … DLA Piper names Ben MacWilliams, ex-SpaceX, a Seattle-based principal, Telecoms Practice … Bob Koppel departs Lukas LaFuria to establish Koppel Telecom Law … Morgan Lewis adds veteran litigator and corporate legal adviser David Howard, ex-Microsoft, as a partner, Technology Sector.
Wireless Infrastructure Association names Amelia De Jesus, ex-Crown Castle, vice president-workforce solutions (see 2301100059) ... Gibson Dunn names former Apple Chief Privacy Officer Jane Horvath partner, co-chairing Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice … Motion Picture Association hires for U.S. government affairs department Hap Rigby, from Wiley, as senior vice president-federal government affairs and Kenneth Mallory, from Meta, as vice president-media policy/regulatory counsel, both effective Jan. 23.