Communications Personals
HC2 Holdings hires from Sinclair Rebecca Hanson as executive vice president-general counsel, HC2 Broadcasting ... Svetlana Gans, ex-FTC chief of staff under then-acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, joins NCTA as vice president-associate general counsel, working on consumer protection and competition policy issues, a new area of focus for a lawyer at the group ... Pillsbury hires from Drinker Biddle Lee Petro as special counsel, Communications Practice; he has broadcasting, wireless and telecom expertise and advises on areas including distributed ledger technologies, cybersecurity and privacy.
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AT&T hires Margaret Peterlin, ex-State Department, as senior vice president-global external and public affairs ... Cassidy & Associates hires Julie Eddy Rokala, ex-aide to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., as senior vice president ... FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra said he has hired antitrust and competition expert Lina Khan, who has worked at Open Markets Institute, "for the next few months as a legal fellow" ... Crown Media adds lawyers as directors-business and legal affairs, new posts, Revella Cook from ABC Television and Margaret Johnson, ex-Madison Wells Media.
National Association of Manufacturers hires include Claire Jurkiewicz, ex-National Restaurant Association, asdigital managing editor, and Stephanie Hall, ex-Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations aide, asdirector-innovation policy ... At Turner Sports, part of Time Warner (now owned by AT&T), Hania Poole promoted to senior vice president, NCAA Digital and general manager, Bleacher Report Live ... CBS moves up Andrea Parquet-Taylor to vice president-station manager, KTVT and KTXA, both Fort Worth.
Gray Television promotes to general manager, succeeding regional vice presidents/general managers: Jeff Anderson for WKYT-TV Lexington, Kentucky, and WKYT.com; Matt Moran at WSAZ-TV Huntington, West Virginia, WQCW Portsmouth, Ohio, and WSAZ.com; Liz Haltiwanger, KKTV Colorado Springs; and Debbie Petersmark for WILX Media, which operates WILX-TV Onondaga, Michigan, and WILX.com; Chris Mossman, Lexington; Matt Jaquint, Charleston, West Virginia; Nick Matesi, Colorado Springs; and Mike King, Lansing, formerly regional vice presidents and station managers, are now all overseeing various TV stations for the broadcaster with a new title of TV vice president.