Altice USA hires Davis Wright's Cristina Chou as vice president-federal affairs ... Intelligent Transportation Society of America President-CEO Shailen Bhatt takes a "leadership position" at Aecom global transportation business and leaves ITS America in late August ... MobileComm Professionals adds MPORielly Consulting CEO Mike O’Rielly, former FCC commissioner, to board of advisers.
Comcast promotes David Don to senior vice president-public policy ... At NTIA, Eric Nelson moves up to acting director, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences; ITS Director Sheryl Genco leaving for Ericsson ... Capitol Counsel adds as partner Jeff Carroll, ex-aide to Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J.
Nora Benavidez, ex-PEN America, says she's joining Free Press as senior counsel and director-digital justice and civil rights ... Lynk Global, space-based mobile connectivity provider, taps ex-Sprint President Dan Dooley as chief commercial officer ... Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell announces Vice President-Finance Ben Lu leaving to take a chief financial officer post ... Splunk adds David DeWitt from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as vice president-technical fellow.
National Electrical Manufacturers Association announces American Petroleum Institute’s Debra Phillips as president-CEO to succeed Kevin Cosgriff when he retires at year’s end ... Sony Electronics confirms departure of Cheryl Goodman as head-corporate communications, names Rosemary Flynn interim replacement ... Nexstar hires former Jefferies Managing Director Lee Ann Gliha as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Aug. 9, filling role vacant since Thomas Carter became president-chief operating officer in October ... Frontier Communications hires Spencer Kurn from New Street Research as senior vice president-investor relations.
BSA|The Software Alliance taps Gideon Lett, ex-Access Partnership, as chief growth officer ... Windstream's Kinetic hires Logan Shine, formerly in Iowa governor’s office, as vice president-state government affairs, Iowa, and Ann Ames, ex-deputy chief administrative officer of Nebraska's Lancaster County, in same position as Shine but for Nebraska ... Filecoin Foundation names digital rights expert Danny O’Brien, ex-Electronic Frontier Foundation, a senior fellow.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) picks Fitz Johnson for District 3 commissioner, Public Service Commission, filling vacancy created by appointment of Chuck Eaton to Atlanta Judicial Circuit ... At U.S. Department of Agriculture, Basil Gooden, ex-Virginia Commonwealth University, becomes director-state operations, rural development ... Nomination sent to Senate for Jonathan Kanter as assistant attorney general for antitrust (see here); Makan Delrahim resigned.
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter taps Deputy Director, Copyright Office's Office of Public Information and Education George Thuronyi for interim head of that sub-office, in place of Associate Register-Copyrights and Director, Public Information and Education Catherine Zaller Rowland, who departs Monday ... Windstream's Kinetic adds Chris Thomas, ex-Charter Communications, as vice president-state government affairs, Ohio and New York, and Johnny Montoya, former New Mexico State University director-state government relations, as vice president-state government affairs for New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden appoints David Carson, ex-Patent and Trademark Office; Monica McCabe, ex-Phillips Nizer; and Brad Newberg, ex-McGuireWoods, as the first copyright claims officers on the newly established Copyright Claims Board ... Cox Communications President-CEO Patrick Esser to retire, effective Dec. 31, to be succeeded by Mark Greatrex, Cox executive vice president-chief sales and marketing officer.
Public Knowledge adds Nicholas Garcia, ex-Investigations Division of New York's Bronx District Attorney's Office, as policy counsel, focusing on net neutrality ... Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council appoints Danielle Davis, ex-National Urban League, policy counsel ... Accenture taps Robert Cresanti, former Commerce Department chief privacy officer under President George W. Bush, as managing director-government relations, North America, and head-Government Relations Network.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Emergency Medical Services National 911 Program Coordinator Laurie Flaherty retires, effective Dec. 31 ... Hogan Lovells adds Timothy Bergreen, ex-chief of staff to Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as partner, Government Relations and Public Affairs practice, working on issues including cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, satellite and telecom ... Kirkland & Ellis appoints Candice Andalia from Orrick Herrington as litigation partner, working on "managing and coordinating national defense and strategy" including for technology clients.