Irell & Manella rehires ex-Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu, rejoining as partner, working on intellectual property litigation and legal advising ... The Center for a New American Security promotes Paul Scharre to vice president-director of studies … OneWeb appoints Per Borgklint, ex-Ericsson, as chief commercial officer … IHeartMedia promotes Charlie Thomas to area president-Mid-North area, which includes Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Rochester, Minnesota, markets ... In ViacomCBS Networks International buying Chilevision from AT&T’s WarnerMedia (see 2104050031), Chilevision comes under President-ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas JC Acosta.
Wiley adds ex-FCC General Counsel Thomas Johnson as partner and co-chair, Appellate Practice ... Wilkinson Barker hires Karen Milne from Akin Gump as partner; she has worked on media, satellite, telecom, wireless and technology issues ... Kroll promotions to managing directors include Grant Aldridge-Duncan for cyber risk; Darren Burrell, digital products; Chief Technology Officer Scott Goodwin, technology; Keith Novak, cyber risk; and Chief Privacy Officer Aimee Sabolyk, compliance and privacy.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appoints Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas President Will McAdams to Public Utility Commission for term ending Sept. 1, 2025; McAdams needs Senate OK ... Bipartisan Policy Center adds Katie Harbath, ex-Facebook, to its Elections Project as a fellow ... Darktrace taps Just Eat’s James Sporle, also former BP, as general counsel and company secretary.
National Cable Television Cooperative President-CEO Rich Fickle plans to leave by Dec. 31, says his counterpart at ACA Connects, Matt Polka, noting "our two organizations have never been closer"; NCTC notes to us that Fickle told the group's members of his plans ... Progressive Policy Institute hires Tommy Kaelin from Immersion Legal Graphics as digital director ... Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) reappoint John Tuma as Minnesota public utilities commissioner for term ending Jan. 4, 2027; this appointment needs Senate confirmation.
The Media Institute adds ex-FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly as senior fellow; he's a visiting fellow, Hudson Institute Center for the Economics of the Internet and principal, MPORielly Consulting ... Mintz hires Avani Uppalapati, ex-Fried Frank, for Technology, Communications & Media practice as associate, specializing in communications infrastructure litigation and related regulation ... Rational 360 hires Michael Petrucelli, ex-FCC and Department of Homeland Security, as president-Government Solutions Division ... Chamber of Progress tech group starts and includes Adam Kovacevich as founder-CEO.
Mechanical Licensing Collective adds Chief Legal Officer Kristen Johns from Waller Lansden; Assistant General Counsel-Publisher Relations Nathan Osher, ex-Warner Chappell Music, and Head-Analytics and Automation Andrew Mitchell from Warner Music Group ... FuboTV hires Ali Ghanavati, ex-Gaming Laboratories International, as head-regulatory technology, Fubo Gaming ... President Biden to nominate U.S. District Court in Washington Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit and Tiffany Cunningham, partner at Perkins Coie and member of the law firm's Patent Litigation practice, to U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit.
CTA alumnus Julie Kearney, who more recently worked for Alphabet/Loon, joins Twilio as vice president-communications regulatory affairs and policy ... Ferox Strategies hires Debra Dixon as principal; she continues representing Microsoft ... Unisys adds Wendy Reynolds-Dobbs from Change Healthcare as vice president-chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer.
MPA promotes Andrea Dumicic to vice president-U.S. royalty distribution; Julie Anglin to vice president-Latin America policy; Arlen Valdivia to senior director-state government affairs; and Teodora Dimitrov to director-international royalty distribution ... Amazon hires Julia Lawless from Financial Services Forum as senior manager-policy communications ... New Inmarsat CEO Rajeev Suri appoints ex-Nokia Chief Marketing Officer Barry French as chief marketing and communications officer and moves up Jat Brainch to chief commercial and product officer.
Solar energy company SunPower hires Discovery’s Peter Faricy as CEO, effective April 19, succeeding the retiring Tom Werner, who remains chairman for a “planned” six months ... Cybersecurity-dedicated investment bank Momentum Cyber promotes Dino Boukouris and Keith Skirbe to managing directors and advances Jeremy Isagon to vice president ... Telehealth company Complia Health taps Rich Berner from MDLive as CEO ... Email optimization platform SparkPost hires Michelle Byrd from Zaloni as chief people officer.
Wiley hires Danny Sepulveda, ex-MediaMath, as vice president-government partnerships and public policy at the publisher (not related to the law firm with the same name) ... Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) appoints Jenifer French, ex-Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge, to the Public Utilities Commission and intends to name her chairwoman when her term begins; she fills term ending April 10, 2024, left open by Samuel Randazzo ... American Fintech Council appoints Financial Health Network’s Garry Reeder CEO, effective April 1.