Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces retired Chief Copyright Royalty Judge Suzanne Barnett as interim chief copyright royalty judge and head of the Copyright Royalty Board, replacing Chief Judge Jesse Feder who's stepping down ... Institute for Security and Technology hires Megan Stifel, ex-Global Cyber Alliance, as IST chief strategy officer; tech policy expert Yael Eisenstat to co-lead the new Digitally Influenced Democracy Initiative; and recent Clark University graduate Zoe Brammer and Lauren Pompey, from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, as full-time staffers to work on cyber and information security.
On Track Innovations promotes Amir Eilam to CEO, succeeding Yehuda Holtzman, who previously notified the near-field communication solutions provider of his resignation for personal reasons; Eilam continues as vice president-R&D until there's a replacement ... Velodyne Lidar taps Eta Compute’s Theodore Tewksbury, also ex-Entropic Communications, as CEO ... WWE names board member Frank Riddick CFO and chief administrative officer, succeeding current CFO Kristina Salen, departing the company.
Bradley Arant hires Bradford Currier from Kelley Drye as senior attorney on Governmental Affairs team, working on communications matters involving federal and state agencies and including broadband infrastructure deployment and government funding ... Google adds Stacia Cardille, ex-Twitter, as director-global legislative oversight for Alphabet's regulatory response, investigations and strategy team, and promotes Riva Sciuto to head-communications, Google Assistant.
Information Technology Industry Council adds Cisco Minthorn from Intel as vice president-government affairs, working on digital trade and market access agreements ... Cox Enterprises hires Erin McCandless from Cox Automotive as vice president-commercial operations ... Schneider Electric promotes Philippe Rambach to newly created role of chief AI officer ... Nutanix adds Pure Storage’s Dominick Delfino, also former VMware, as chief revenue officer, effective Dec. 6.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announces his state DOJ executive team includes Chief Deputy AG Venus Johnson, ex-Contra Costa District Attorney’s office, now overseeing divisions including those dealing with policy and technology; Chief-Policy Francesca Gessner, ex-general counsel to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; and Director-Communications Bethany Lesser, who held the same post for then-California AG Xavier Becerra (D).
Latham & Watkins annual promotions to counsel (unless otherwise specified) and effective Jan. 1, and all dealing with tech issues, include, in Litigation & Trial Department, Dale Chang for Intellectual Property Litigation Practice; Joseph Hansen with Connectivity, Privacy & Information Practice; and Amit Makker, IP Litigation Practice; and Morgan Brubaker as member, Data & Technology Transactions Practice in the Corporate Department, which also has Darren Guttenberg as a member in Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Department of Commerce hires J.D. Grom, ex-New Democrat Coalition, as senior adviser-legislative affairs for Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo ... Center for Strategic and International Studies adds Remco Zwetsloot, who remains a research fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology until December, to immediately be CSIS International Security Program trustee fellow, working on the U.S. technology workforce, research security, and tech competition with China.
FCC Wireline Bureau attorney-adviser Douglas Slotten plans to retire ... Competitive Carriers Association promotes Josh Perez to associate policy counsel ... In ViacomCBS' buying a majority of Spanish-language content company Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from Disney and the founding family (see 2110280007), Samuel Duque Rozo, founder-CEO of the company being purchased, continues "to exclusively support the business from a creative and strategic advisory position, and Samuel Duque Duque, current president, will lead the business," which comes "under the remit" of ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas President JC Acosta.
Fox hires Stephen Potenza from Kirkland & Ellis as deputy general counsel, Fox News Media, and promotes Lisa Richardson to executive vice president-business and legal affairs and associate general counsel ... Hotwire Communications hires Angel Garcia from Atlantic Broadband as vice president-government and enterprise sales, and David Silbering from Brightstar as senior vice president-strategic initiatives ... Disney's Hulu promotes for Hulu Originals Ashley Chang to vice president-content development, drama and Beth Osisek to vice president-original documentaries and limited series.
Silicon Flatirons promotes Keith Gremban to co-director, Spectrum Policy Initiative, succeeding Pierre de Vries, who moves to director emeritus and adviser; Gremban became a senior fellow in 2020 (see this section, April 14, 2020, issue of this publication); Dale Hatfield is the initiative's co-director and distinguished adviser ... TechNet hires Ruthie Barko, ex-Air Methods, as executive director-Colorado and central U.S., a new region for the group ... Cox Enterprises adds Kimberly-Clark’s Erin Mitchell Richeson as vice president-inclusion and diversity, effective Friday.