Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) appoints to 9-1-1 Services Board new members Mary Blowe, Winchester; Scott Garber, Staunton Fire & Rescue Department; Seth Weise, Sprint; and Kelvin Wright, Chesapeake Police Department ... Seagate names Gianluca Romano, ex-Micron, executive vice president-chief financial officer.
Seagate appoints Gianluca Romano, from Micron, executive vice president-chief financial officer ... NARUC appoints Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable Commissioner Karen Charles Peterson as chair, Committee on Telecommunications, succeeding Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner Paul Kjellander ... The Markle Foundation elects Steven Denning, General Atlantic, to board.
Tom Navin, ex-Wiley Rein, joins Facebook as global policy director-connectivity and access ... Jenner & Block advances AnnaMarie Van Hoesen to partner-entertainment and intellectual property ... CPB promotes Maja Mrkoci to chief content and innovation officer ... Vbrick names Christian Rockwell, ex-Sparta Systems, chief marketing officer.
Longtime cable lawyer Paul Glist retiring from Davis Wright and joining as general counsel The Tahirih Justice Center human rights nonprofit ... Google hires Jose Castaneda, departing Information Technology Industry Council Jan. 18, for Policy Communications Team working on regulatory issues in San Francisco, effective Jan. 28 ... NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine appoints Bettina Inclan, ex-Mira Mira Strategies, associate administrator-communications ... Sen.-elect Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to join Judiciary and Homeland Security committees.
Entertainment Software Association Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Erik Huey leaving to become president of government relations and public affairs consultancy he's co-founding ... Devcon hires Michael Anaya, ex-FBI, as head-global cyber investigations and government relations ... IHeartMedia names Eric Hadley, ex-GroundTruth, senior vice president-marketing ... WarnerMedia adds responsibilities for Kevin Reilly, now president-TBS, TNT and chief creative officer, Turner and Direct-to-Consumer.
With Department of Homeland Security elevating and changing National Protections and Programs Directorate’s name to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jeanette Manfra becomes CISA assistant director ... Comcast's FreeWheel appoints Sarah Foss, ex-Imagine Communications, senior vice president-strategic initiatives, FreeWheel Advertisers.
Tegna taps John Janedis, ex-Jefferies, as senior vice president-capital markets and investor relations ... Facebook names Sarah O’Brien, ex-Tesla, vice president-executive communications ... Starz promotes Marta Fernandez to executive vice president-originals programming ... Comcast Spotlight names Dawn Lee Williamson, ex-Vice Media, Southeast region vice president.
Assistant to Agriculture Secretary-Rural Development Anne Hazlett says department's Bette Brand becomes acting administrator of USDA’s Rural Utilities Service and remains administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service ... Media Institute board designates Richard Kaplar president-CEO, says Chairman Richard Wiley, who stays in that post; Kaplar had previously remained executive director after being promoted to the group's head (see this section in the Dec. 6, 2017, issue).
Software & Information Industry Association hires Jeff Joseph, ex-CTA, as president-CEO, effective Jan. 3, succeeding founder Ken Wasch, retiring ... Identification Technology Association hires Monument Policy Group to take over management, with Monument partner Andrew Howell as trade group's president ... Greenberg Traurig establishes videogame and e-sports group led by shareholders David Schulman, Steven Walkowiak and William Stark ... Davis Wright hires as partner Peter Anderson in media and entertainment practice group.
Rep.-elect Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., hires from NCTA Lane Lofton as chief of staff ... Patterson Belknap promotes to partner Alejandro Cruz, privacy and data security group ... NBC names Philip Martzolf, from Sony Pictures Television, president, NBC Affiliate Relations, succeeding Jean Dietze, retiring.