Communications Personals
Pandora hires Parita Shah, ex-Millennium Challenge Corp., as head-public affairs, government relations and public policy team ... Raycom Media elevates Hatton Weeks to vice president-general manager, KAIT Jonesboro, Arkansas ... Alef Mobitech adds to board Mike Mulica, who has worked at Openwave, Phone.com, RealNetworks, Synchronoss and elsewhere.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names to Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment working groups, plus names to ACDDE Monica Parham, diversity, inclusion and talent consultant. Named as Broadcast Diversity and Development Chair Henry Rivera, Emma Bowen Foundation; and as members Sherman Kizart, Kizart Media Partners; David Honig, JulGlo Productions; Jannette Dates, dean emeritus of Howard University School of Communications; Victor Cerda, V-me Media; James Winston, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters; Alfredo Rodriguez, DishLatino; Ron Busby, U.S. Black Chambers; Maria Brennan, Women in Cable Telecommunications; Sara Lomax-Reese, WURD Radio; DuJuan McCoy, Bayou City Broadcasting; Steve Roberts, Roberts Cos.; and Michelle Duke, NAB Education Foundation. Digital Empowerment and Inclusion group Chair Heather Gate, Connected Nation; and members Donna Epps, Verizon; Chris Wood, LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute; Nicol Turner-Lee, Brookings Institution; Rudy Brioche, Comcast; Janice Bryant Howroyd, Act-1 Group; Marie Sylla-Dixon, T-Mobile USA; Fatema Kothari, San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society; Mario Lopez, Hispanic Leadership Fund; Jenell Trigg, representing, Wireless ISP Association; Laura Berrocal, Charter Communications; Susan Au Allen, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce; Harin Contractor, Socrata; Elizabeth Lindsey, Byte Back; and Anna Gomez, representing, Hispanic National Bar Association. Diversity in Tech Chair Marc Morial, National Urban League; and as members Gavin Logan, Urban League telecom fellow (alternate for Morial); Xin Shao, Asian American Chamber of Commerce; Maurita Coley Flippin, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council; Brian Scarpelli, ACT|The App Association; Brigitte Daniel, Wilco Electronic Systems; Kathleen Abernathy, Wilkinson Barker; Ronald Johnson, Wireless Infrastructure Association, and chief subject matter expert-diversity and inclusion; Brooke Oberwetter, Facebook; Claudia Jones, AT&T; Faith Bautista, National Asian American Coalition; Chris James, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development; Raquel Tamez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; and Monica Parham, diversity, inclusion and talent consultant.
Lobbyist registrations: Benchmark Electronics, Westmoreland160, effective Feb. 22 ... Airbnb, Insight Public Affairs, effective Feb. 21 ... FlexTech Alliance, Baker Donelson, effective Feb. 15 ... AT&T Services, Jones Group International, effective Feb. 8 ... Connected Nation Development, Akin Gump, effective Feb. 1 ... IAC, Capitol Resources, effective Feb. 1 ... Intuit, Ghazal & Associates, effective Feb. 1 ... Google, Slaiman Consulting, effective Feb. 1 ... Classifieds app Letgo, Peck Madigan, effective Feb. 1 ... Ligado, TeleMedia Policy, effective Feb. 1 ... Neustar, Slaiman Consulting, effective Feb. 1 ... Nexstar, Klein/Johnson Group, effective Feb. 1 ... American Multi-Cinema, on its own behalf, effective Jan. 26.