Mechanical Licensing Collective adds Chief Legal Officer Kristen Johns from Waller Lansden; Assistant General Counsel-Publisher Relations Nathan Osher, ex-Warner Chappell Music, and Head-Analytics and Automation Andrew Mitchell from Warner Music Group ... FuboTV hires Ali Ghanavati, ex-Gaming Laboratories International, as head-regulatory technology, Fubo Gaming ... President Biden to nominate U.S. District Court in Washington Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit and Tiffany Cunningham, partner at Perkins Coie and member of the law firm's Patent Litigation practice, to U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit.
CTA alumnus Julie Kearney, who more recently worked for Alphabet/Loon, joins Twilio as vice president-communications regulatory affairs and policy ... Ferox Strategies hires Debra Dixon as principal; she continues representing Microsoft ... Unisys adds Wendy Reynolds-Dobbs from Change Healthcare as vice president-chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer.
MPA promotes Andrea Dumicic to vice president-U.S. royalty distribution; Julie Anglin to vice president-Latin America policy; Arlen Valdivia to senior director-state government affairs; and Teodora Dimitrov to director-international royalty distribution ... Amazon hires Julia Lawless from Financial Services Forum as senior manager-policy communications ... New Inmarsat CEO Rajeev Suri appoints ex-Nokia Chief Marketing Officer Barry French as chief marketing and communications officer and moves up Jat Brainch to chief commercial and product officer.
Solar energy company SunPower hires Discovery’s Peter Faricy as CEO, effective April 19, succeeding the retiring Tom Werner, who remains chairman for a “planned” six months ... Cybersecurity-dedicated investment bank Momentum Cyber promotes Dino Boukouris and Keith Skirbe to managing directors and advances Jeremy Isagon to vice president ... Telehealth company Complia Health taps Rich Berner from MDLive as CEO ... Email optimization platform SparkPost hires Michelle Byrd from Zaloni as chief people officer.
Wiley hires Danny Sepulveda, ex-MediaMath, as vice president-government partnerships and public policy at the publisher (not related to the law firm with the same name) ... Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) appoints Jenifer French, ex-Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge, to the Public Utilities Commission and intends to name her chairwoman when her term begins; she fills term ending April 10, 2024, left open by Samuel Randazzo ... American Fintech Council appoints Financial Health Network’s Garry Reeder CEO, effective April 1.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr adds Danielle Thumann from Wilkinson Barker to his office as legal adviser and promotes Ben Arden to chief of staff ... Acting FTC Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter appoints Lindsay Kryzak, ex-Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to director, Office of Public Affairs ... NPR CEO John Lansing hires Marta McLellan Ross, who was Defense Logistics Agency director-legislative affairs, to lead the public radio programmer's Policy and Representation team ... Morrison & Foerster hires ex-DOJ Antitrust Division official Alexander Okuliar as partner, Antitrust Practice Group and co-chair, Global Antitrust Practice Group; at Justice, he worked on technology, digital platform, media, entertainment and communications issues.
Fox Corp. promotes Jeff Taylor to general counsel and adds Nicholas Trutanich, ex-U.S. attorney for Nevada, to Taylor’s team as executive vice president-chief ethics and compliance officer ... Axiom Strategies' Clout Public Affairs hires Evan Swarztrauber, ex-policy adviser to then-FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, as director, advising clients on technology and telecom regulation ... Clyde Group hires technology and nonprofit expert Farah Farhat, ex-Eurasia Foundation, as people and culture director; Rob Bartnichak, ex-U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, as manager; healthcare and technology specialist Carolyn Crawford, ex-Concepts, as manager; and Andie Babusik, formerly at WICZ-TV Binghamton, New York, as media relations specialist.
Fletcher Heald elects litigator Thomas Urban a member, a promotion ... Ex-FCC aide to then-Chairman Ajit Pai Nicholas Degani now is principal at Reticulated Strategies, doing “strategic consulting on all things tech” ... Cox Enterprises promotes Deborah Lucy to vice president-associate general counsel, corporate law ... Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D), confirmed 50-49 by U.S. Senate as secretary, Health and Human Services Department; Becerra names his former agency’s Matt Rodriquez as chief deputy attorney general, leading California DOJ as acting attorney general.
Bitcoin company Cipher Mining Technologies names Tower Research Capital’s William Iwaschuk chief legal officer ... E.W. Scripps names consultant to media organizations Kate O’Brian as head-news, national television networks business, effective April 12, newly created role (see this section, March 17) ... Equifax expands role of Julia Houston as chief strategy and marketing officer to include leadership of global marketing ... Best Buy Chief Strategy Officer Whit Alexander steps down, stays in “advisory capacity” through June 1 ... Backblaze taps Mark Potter, ex-NewWave Telecom and Technologies, as chief information security officer.
Open Markets Institute hires include LaRonda Peterson, ex-Rand, as managing editor and Brian Callaci, ex-Data & Society, as chief economist ... Senate confirms Isabella Casillas Guzman 81-17 for administrator, Small Business Administration ... Nominations sent to Senate for the following to be general counsels: Christopher Fonzone at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as Jason Klitenic had resigned; Janie Simms Hipp, Department of Agriculture, a job that Stephen Vaden did before becoming Court of International Trade judge; and Leslie Kiernan, Department of Commerce, filling spot previously held by Peter Davidson.