International Center for Law & Economics advances Dirk Auer to director-competition policy, replacing Samuel Bowman, who continues "as an ICLE affiliate as he pursues other interests" ... SoftBank adds Lauren Belive, who led U.S. government relations for Zoom, as the tech investment firm's director-government affairs; the company promotes Jeff Dressler, Emily Christy and Christin Baker to partners … NTIA hires from Wilkinson Barker Nicholas Alexander for the agency's Internet Connectivity and Growth Office ... AT&T taps Alex Byers, ex-Finsbury Glover, as director-communications and PR.
Mintz hires as associate, TechComm Section, Anthony Patrone from FCC Wireless Bureau’s Broadband Division; he works on spectrum and broadband funding at the law firm ... Benton Institute for Broadband & Society names Adam Echelman a fellow; over two years, he will help "explore how low-income adults are grappling with the digital divide"; he's also an Alfred Landecker fellow and previously was executive director-Libraries Without Borders USA.
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter appoints Suzy Wilson general counsel-associate register of copyrights, Copyright Office, effective Jan. 31; most recently, she was a partner at Arnold & Porter focused on intellectual property litigation for internet and technology clients ... Lerman Senter moves Rebecca Jacobs Goldman to a member of the law firm, where her clients include cable operators, ISPs, video programmers, network operators, spectrum licensees, broadcasters and others
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society appoints Colin Rhinesmith as senior director-research and fellowships; he continues his Benton fellowship, "collecting research on digital equity ecosystems" via a program in six U.S. cities with local digital inclusion organizations ... Information Technology and Innovation Foundation hires Joe Kane, ex-R Street Institute, as director-broadband and spectrum policy.
Starry taps former Amazon marketing and sales head Rene Villegas as chief marketing officer ... Avnet promotes Dayna Badhorn to regional president-Americas electronics components ... Silicon Labs promotes Micron Technology Chief Business Officer Sumit Sadana to lead director, succeeding Bill Wood, who remains a board member; Silicon Labs also adds Lattice Semiconductor Chief Financial Officer Sherri Luther to its board, expanding it to 10 members ... Digital sports media company Playmaker announces resignation of Wayne Purboo from its board.
Jenner & Block elects lawyers to the partnership, including Jacob Tracer, member of Content, Media and Entertainment Practice focusing on "intellectual property and complex commercial disputes," and Camillie Landron, member of Communications, Internet and Technology Practice, working on FCC spectrum and other telecom issues and with the "space and satellite industries."
Governor’s Office of Information Technology hires Brandy Reitter as executive director-Colorado Broadband Office; she's Eagle's town manager; OIT Deputy Executive Director Julia Richman leads office until Reitter joins in February.
GridWise Alliance adds new board members for two-year terms: Stephen Callahan, GridBright executive vice president; Anterix Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer Chris Guttman-McCabe; Giri Iyer, Sentient Energy vice president-business development; Peter Muhoro, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative chief strategy, technology and innovation officer; and Mahesh Sudhakaran, IBM general manager-global energy.
Legend Labs adds Andrew Barlow, who led external affairs for Texas Public Utility Commission, as the communications consulting firm's senior counselor, working with technology and other clients.
Minim, marketer of Motorola-brand networking products, announces Chief Financial Officer Sean Doherty will transition away from his role to pursue a new career opportunity with a private company, staying with Minim through March 31; Dustin Tacker, vice president-accounting and corporate controller, named interim chief accounting officer while Minim searches for Doherty’s successor.