Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) promotes Willie Phillips to D.C. Public Service Commission chairman, replacing Betty Ann Kane, term ending Dec. 31, and names Greer Gillis, ex-D.C. Department of General Services, a commissioner, subject to confirmation ... McCarter & English adds intellectual property partners John Gutkoski, ex-Barclay Damon, and Jonathan Lovely, ex-Sunstein Kann ... TechNet names David Edmonson, ex-Austin Tech Alliance, executive director-Texas and the Southeast, succeeding Caroline Joiner.
DLA Piper hires Ariel Diamond, ex-FCC Wireless Bureau attorney honors program, as associate, telecom practice ... CTIA spokesperson Justin Cole leaves association, which lists him as assistant vice president-public affairs ... Entravision's Mario Carrera stepping down as chief revenue officer, effective when successor named ... LightRiver Software appoints Travis Ewert, ex-CenturyLink, chief operating officer.
With Attorney General Jeff Sessions resignation, President Donald Trump names Sessions Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker acting attorney general ... With election of Silicon Flatiron Executive Director Phil Weiser as Colorado attorney general (see 1811070043), organization searches for replacement ... Brian Krzanich, ex-Intel, joins CDK Global as president-CEO, also on board; he succeeds Brian MacDonald.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appoints Laura Peter, ex-A10 Networks, deputy undersecretary-intellectual property and Patent and Trademark Office deputy director ... Nathan Kelley, ex-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, joins Perkins Coie as partner-intellectual property and patent litigation ... Venable taps Shane Brun, ex-Goodwin, as partner-intellectual property.
In Verizon’s new operating structure, effective Jan. 1, Executive Vice President and Wireless President Ronan Dunne leads Consumer Group; Wireless Executive Vice President Tami Erwin, Business Group, Oath CEO Guru Gowrappan, Media Group/Oath; and Chief Network Operations Officer and Chief Technology Officer Kyle Malady, Global Network & Technology ... International Association of Fire Chiefs announces Brandon Allen, ex-Columbia University, as government relations manager, replacing Jim Goldstein, retiring and stepping down as alternate.
Google Vice President-Policy and Government Relations Susan Molinari moves to senior adviser in January ... Michael Weinberg, ex-Public Knowledge, leaves Shapeways to become executive director, New York University School of Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy ... American Public Media Group promotes Chandra Kavati to vice president-content distribution and partnerships ... Tessco Technologies promotes Mary Beth Smith to Ventev general manager.
BMI appoints Michael Collins, from Mehlman Castagnetti, vice president-government relations ... FirstNet names Flynn Rico-Johnson, ex-office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to government affairs team ... Disney promotes Russell Wolff to executive vice president-general manager of its ESPN Plus direct-to-consumer video service ... Cinedigm names Bill Sondheim president-worldwide distribution; he remains president, Cinedigm Entertainment Group.
German Marshall Fund of the United States appoints Karen Kornbluh, ex-Council on Foreign Relations, director-technology policy program and senior fellow ... SoftBank appoints Gary Ginsberg, ex-Time Warner, senior vice president and global head-communications ... Riverbed hires Mark Jopling, ex-Lloyds Banking, as senior vice president-sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
CBS' David Poltrack, chief research officer and president, CBS Vision, retiring June 30, focusing until then on strategic projects with Radha Subramanyam, executive vice president-chief research and analytics officer, CBS Television Network, taking on oversight of company’s research function, effective immediately; Armando Nunez moves up to president-CEO, CBS Global Distribution Group and chief content licensing officer-corporation, following Paul Franklin retirement as head-domestic syndication and Scott Koondel departure as chief content licensing officer for own production and distribution company.
Rambus advances interim CEO Luc Seraphin to president-CEO ... Cobham Advanced Electronic announces Shawn Black, from Leonardo DRS, as chief operating officer, new post ... Galaxy Media promotes Carrie Wojtaszek to chief operating officer, new position ... Media metadata company media press Group establishes media press the US with Kathy Weidman, ex-MoonBeam Partners, as CEO.