Internet Association promotes to senior vice presidents Michael Bloom, for global government affairs, and Robert Callahan, for state government affairs; Senior Vice President-Global Government Affairs Melika Carroll leaving for Sonder ... Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board adds Geoff Cohen, from Aon, as technologist ... Waymo hires Monique Meche, from Albright Stonebridge Group, as global head-public policy.
Verizon names Rachael Bender, ex-FCC, vice president-associate general counsel ... Lerman Senter adds Jeff Carlisle, ex-Lightsquared, as counsel, focusing on regulatory, transactional and enforcement ... U.S. Cyber Command promotes Ross Myers to vice admiral and deputy commander ... DJI hires Mark Aitken, ex-Akin Gump, as director-U.S. legislative affairs.
Fox Television names Richard Friedel, ex-Fox Network Center and former ATSC chairman, executive vice president-engineering, operations and technology, working on ATSC 3.0 ... Windstream taps Michael Foor, ex-North Georgia Network and its affiliated Georgia Communications, as vice president-state government affairs, Georgia ... American Enterprise Institute names Jillian Wheeler, ex-congressional Joint Economic Committee, associate director-government relations ... U.S. Chamber of Commerce names Sabrina Fang, ex-American Petroleum Institute, senior director-media relations.
Open Markets Institute names Laura Hatalsky, ex-Office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Calif., chief of staff ... General Services Administration names Reynold Schweickhardt, ex-House director-technology policy, senior adviser-technology ... Nancy Brand leaving Software & Information Industry Association's Specialized Information Publishers Association to become Cabot Wealth Network vice president-operations ... Verrill Dana adds intellectual property and litigation attorney Benjamin Stern, ex-Holland & Knight ... Irish Data Protection Commission reappoints Helen Dixon as commissioner.
NAB Leadership Foundation promotes Michelle Duke to president, effective July 1, succeeding Marcellus Alexander, retiring ... IHeartMedia names Andrew Dahm chief privacy officer; he remains senior corporate counsel ... Mintz adds as members-intellectual property Jinnie Reed, ex-Proskauer Rose; and Adam Rizk and Daniel Weinger, both ex-Pepper Hamilton.
Fernando Laguarda, American University College of Law, rejoins Harris Wiltshire as of counsel ... New spatial computing company Meta View, in acquiring Meta’s assets, names Jay Wright, ex-Qualcomm, CEO ... Intelsat appoints David Tolley, ex-OneWeb, executive vice president-chief financial officer ... USTelecom hires Kristine Fargotstein, from FCC, as vice president-policy and advocacy ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance elects new board members Gary Lorenz, Selex ES; Nick Pennance, Tait Communications; and Tim Sage, Tactical Public Safety.
DLA Piper launches artificial intelligence practice, with leaders including U.S. partners Larissa Bifano and Danny Tobey ... Comcast's FreeWheel adds Utpal Kalita, ex-Eyeview Digital, as chief technology officer and vice president-engineering, for Blockgraph, new position ... Snap promotes Derek Andersen to chief financial officer; hires Oona King, from Google, as vice president-diversity and inclusion.
Lindsay Bierman, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, stepping down to become CEO, UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina, effective Aug. 12, succeeding Brian Sickora, departed October, and Steven Hammel and Kevin FitzGerald in interim capacities since ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appoints Seth Mendelsohn, from Pennsylvania Insurance Department, as executive director, replacing Jan Freeman, stepping down and serving as adviser to Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille until June 28.
FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau appoints Diane Burstein, ex-NCTA (see this section, Jan. 6), as deputy bureau chief ... NTIA names Rachel Wolbers, ex-Engine, internet policy specialist, international affairs ... Vedder Price taps Daniel Shulman, ex-Reynolds Group, as shareholder-intellectual property ... Towerstream Chief Financial Officer Jack Macdonald resigning, effective June 7.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, elevates Eric Einhorn to chief of staff ... TechNet taps Trent Edwards, ex-Congressional Leadership Fund, as vice president-membership and strategic partnerships ... Snap promotes Derek Andersen to chief financial officer, replacing interim CFO Lara Sweet, who moves to chief people officer while continuing as chief accounting officer until replacement is found.