Facebook hires Jennifer Newstead, from State Department, as general counsel, replacing Colin Stretch, staying through summer to help with transition, and John Pinette, ex-Vulcan Inc., as vice president-global communications, succeeding Caryn Marooney, leaving (see this section, Feb. 8) ... Greenberg Traurig names Robert King, ex-Hunton Andrews, shareholder, intellectual property and technology practice ... Lathrop Gage adds John Keyes, ex-Sunstein Kann, as of counsel-IP transactions and litigator Amy Burke, ex-Theodora Oringher, as associate-IP litigation.
Centriq taps IoT industry expert Eric Anderson, ex-Gracenote/Nielsen, as executive vice president-chief partnership officer ... Comcast's NBCUniversal adds Ben Price, ex-Discovery, as executive vice president-sales and client partnerships, national offices, new post ... President-General Manager, CBS Television Stations’ Los Angeles properties Steve Mauldin retiring, effective May 31; stations are Los Angeles' KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV plus CBSLA.com.
FCC Media Bureau promotes Holly Saurer to deputy bureau chief, announces Paul Jackson, ex-House Commerce Committee, rejoins commission as associate bureau chief ... Colorado Office of Information Technology’s Broadband Office names Teresa Ferguson, from Colorado Public Utilities Commission, broadband program manager ... Freeform appoints Lauren Corrao, ex-Tornante TV, executive vice president-original programming and development ... CBS names Jose Andino, ex-Mediapro US, to the newly created senior vice president-human resources, CBS News ... E.W. Scripps hires Jim Doty, ex-WJAC-TV, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as vice president and general manager-director of sales at KERO-TV, Bakersfield, California.
Davis Wright hires Darren Traub, ex-Akerman, as partner-media, entertainment and intellectual property ... Perkins Coie moves William Malley to managing partner, succeeding John Devaney, who remains partner ... CTA promotes to vice president: Mike Bergman, technology and standards; Jamie Boone, government affairs; and Kinsey Fabrizio, member engagement ... Monument adds Jess Honcoop, ex-Forge Washington, as legislative and public affairs manager-Washington state ... Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) appoints Valerie Means, ex-Moss & Barnett, to Public Utilities Commission, replacing Nancy Lange, whose term expired in January; names Commissioner Katie Sieben as chair ... Medallia announces Rory Cameron, ex-CallidusCloud, as executive vice president-corporate development.
NTCA hires Carolyn Just, ex-Glover Park Group, as public relations manager ... Society of Broadcast Engineers elects John Collinson fellow ... Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology appoints Lynne Weil, ex-Office of Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., director-external affairs ... Izzy Santa, ex-CTA, joins Burson Cohn as senior vice president-public affairs and crisis practice ... Crown Media Family Networks promotes Laurie Ferneau to senior vice president-development ... SoftBank announces Emily Willeford Christy, ex-USAA, as director-state and local government affairs ... Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) announce Tarek Tomes, from city of Saint Paul, as state chief information officer, succeeding acting Commissioner William Poirier, who withdraws.
Lewis Brisbois taps Lawrence LaPorte, from Manatt, Phelps, as partner-intellectual property and technology practice ... ServiceMax appoints Neil Barua, ex-Silver Lake, as CEO and board member ... Itelligence announces Chief Financial Officer Michael Dorin leaving company; CEO Norbert Rotter assumes responsibilities in interim ... MCTV promotes Katherine Gessner to president, succeeding Robert Gessner, retiring ... Rural Wireless Association names James Dunn, Copper Valley Wireless, to board.
Covington hires Teena Sankoorikal, ex-Cravath, as partner-commercial litigation, including intellectual property ... Charles River Associates promotions to vice presidents include Hitesh Chawda, IT and telecom; Brian Langan, antitrust and competition economics, labor and employment; and Kimberly Schenk, intellectual property ... Best Buy General Counsel-Secretary Keith Nelsen resigns to pursue other interests, will remain an adviser through Sept. 1; Todd Hartman, secretary of Best Buy Distribution, assumes Nelsen’s duties as executive vice president-general counsel and chief risk & compliance officer.
Open Technology Institute promotes Andi Wilson Thompson to senior policy analyst and Amir Nasr to policy analyst ... American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council names David Wennergren, from Deloitte, CEO, effective May 13, replacing Executive Director Kenneth Allen, pursuing new opportunities ... Macom Technology Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Robert McMullan resigning for personal reasons, Conor Hegarty advances to principal financial officer and principal accounting officer ... Shift Technologies appoints Sean Foy, ex-Enjoy Technologies, chief operating officer.
Dickinson Wright taps Donald McPhail, ex-Taft Stettinius, as member, intellectual property litigation team ... CPB promotes Stephanie Aaronson to senior vice president-engagement ... CTAM adds Ryan Powers, ex-National Council for Behavioral Health, as senior vice president-communications and marketing, succeeding Anne Cowan, retiring (see this section, March 19) ... Crown Media Family Networks advances Kathleen Charapata to senior vice president-legal.
SoftBank executive investment team for recently launched SoftBank Innovation Fund focused on Latin America: SoftBank Group International CEO Marcelo Claure leads partner team: SoftBank’s Shu Nyatta and Paulo Passoni, ex-Third Point, for investments, and Andre Maciel, ex-JPMorgan, for structuring transactions, overseeing Brazil office ... Alaska Communications promotes William Bishop to senior vice president-chief operations officer, new post.