Broadcast analyst Marci Ryvicker and some of her colleagues from Wells Fargo have moved to Wolfe Research ... RapidSOS hires Tom Guthrie, ex-2HU, as vice president-operations ... Toshiba Memory appoints Stacy Smith, ex-Intel, executive chairman.
Comcast hires Christin McMeley from Davis Wright as senior vice president-chief privacy and legal information security officer, Comcast Cable, new post ... FCC announces David Sibley, University of Texas-Austin, is outside economic consultant for task force coordinating review of proposed T-Mobile buying Sprint ... CBS promotes Dana McClintock to executive vice president-chief communications officer, succeeding Gil Schwartz, retiring, and moves Laurie Rosenfield to chief people officer, new post.
R Street Institute taps term-limited Montana Public Service Commissioner Travis Kavulla as director-energy and environmental policy, effective January ... Ben Gris, ex-FTC, joins Shearman & Sterling as partner-antitrust … Open Access Technologies appoints Ken Breen, ex-Ebsco, president ... Threat Stack hires David Link, ex-Everquote, as vice president-customer experience ... Ssimwave video delivery firm appoints Lois Norris, ex-InvestorCOM, as chief financial officer ... Public Safety Technology Alliance adds Axon as member and appoints its CEO-founder, Rick Smith, to board.
As part of integration planning for pending acquisition of 21 Century Fox, Disney names Peter Rice chairman, Disney Television and co-chair, Disney Media Networks; Dana Walden, chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment; John Landgraf, chairman, FX Networks and FX Productions; and Gary Knell, chairman, National Geographic Partners; Ben Sherwood, co-chair, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney|ABC Television Group, remains in role until acquisition closes ... Fox, company to be spun off in Disney/21st Century Fox, names executive vice presidents Danny O’Brien, from General Electric, also head-government relations; Hope Hicks, ex-White House, also chief communications officer; Rita Tuzon, also corporate general counsel; Jill Ratner, chief litigation counsel; and Kevin Lord, human resources.
Entertainment lawyer Robert Schwartz, ex-Irell & Manella, joins Quinn Emanuel as partner ... O’Melveny announces Hassen Sayeed, ex-Paul Hastings, as partner-intellectual property and technology ... Jeffer Mangels names Rex Hwang, ex-Glaser Weil, as partner-patent, trademark and copyright ... Wilkinson Barker taps from Comcast Michael Nelson as senior adviser.
Entertainment Software Association names Senior Vice President-General Counsel Stanley Pierre-Louis interim president-CEO; Michael Gallagher steps down from that role ... Covington promotions to partners include Alice Ahn, patent litigation; Shara Aranoff, intellectual property; Ashden Fein, cybersecurity; Laura Kim, privacy; Kevin King, communications among other areas; Cortlin Lannin, antitrust and consumer; Micaela McMurrough, cybersecurity and data privacy; Adrian Perry, IP and data ... Technet hires from California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues Courtney Jensen as executive director-California and Southwest.
Mintz boosts intellectual property practice with Michael Graif, ex-Curtis, Mallet-Prevos, as member ... Twilio hires as vice president-global policy and regulatory affairs Sanford Reback, ex-Akamai, and as head-regulatory affairs for North America, Rebecca Thompson, ex-Competitive Carriers Association, which taps Alexi Maltas, from Hogan Lovells, to replace her ... Crown Media Family Networks appoints Daryl Berg, ex-Sound Canyon, vice president-music strategies and licensing.
21st Century Fox promotes, effective with close of Disney transaction, Eric Shanks to CEO-Fox Sports; Mike Biard to president-operations and distribution, Paul Cheesbrough to chief technology officer and head-direct to consumer platforms, Marianne Gambelli to president-ad sales and Steve Tomsic to chief financial officer ... Richard Sofield, ex-DOJ, joins Wiley Rein’s National Security Practice as partner ... IHeartMedia hires Chuck Deskins, ex- C3 Media Advertising, senior vice president-inside sales.
CenturyLink promotes Clay Bailey to senior vice president-public policy and government affairs, succeeding John Jones, retiring ... Information Technology Industry Council hires Jennie Westbrook, ex-Precision Strategies, and Clare Sahin, ex-Signal Group, as, respectively vice president-external affairs and manager-state and local affairs ... Kramer Levin taps Harry Rubin from Ropes & Gray as partner-head of the firm’s new Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions practice ... CTIA hires from The Pew Charitable Trusts Dori Kreiger as executive director.
Space Foundation adds Richard Cooper, ex-SAS Institute, as vice president-strategic communications and outreach ... Comcast Spotlight names Brendan Condon, AdMore, chief revenue officer ... BeckTV appoints Matt Weiss, ex-CEI, senior engineer-vice president, Eastern region.