Communications Personals
With Callie Strock leaving House Commerce Committee to be communications director for new Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., Olivia Hnat joins the committee as communications director, named by incoming ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., whose office she worked for; McMorris Rodgers also makes other appointments: see here and this section of a forthcoming issue of this publication for more details ... At Fletcher Heald, Davina Sashkin elected co-managing member, joining current co-managing members Matthew McCormick and Dan Kirkpatrick; Sashkin takes vacancy from Michelle McClure having left the law firm for Spire Global (see this section, April 3).
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) reappoints Marybel Batjer (D) as president, California Public Utilities Commission; commissioners get six-year terms and require Senate OK ... Gov. Jay Inslee (D) reappoints Ann Rendahl as commissioner, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, for second six-year term; Rendahl, a NARUC board member, is subject to state Senate confirmation ... New York City hires Aaron Meyerson, ex-WiredScore, as deputy chief technology officer-broadband.
In UltiSat "reorganization around four primary lines of business," President David Myers expands role to CEO following the planned retirement of founder-CEO Moe Abutaleb, who remains on the board; "company veterans" moving to new or expanded roles include David Bryant as chief operating officer, and Executive Vice President-General Managers Chris Hetmanski for Managed Network Services business line; Garr Stephenson, Airborne ISR Services; Anthony Sellers, Specialized Wireless Services; and George Sumarev, Engineering and Technical Services; Paul McMurtry joins company as vice president-business intelligence and strategic planning.
Nominations sent to Senate for Chase Johnson as FCC inspector general and Chad Wolf for homeland security secretary ... NAB joins COVID Collaborative "of experts and organizations working on unified action," with NAB CEO Gordon Smith on the National Advisory Council.