Internet Association hires Alexandra McLeod, ex-ACT|The App Association, as legal and policy counsel, working on data privacy and content moderation ... DOD confirms that, as expected (see 2006230070), Undersecretary-Research and Engineering Michael Griffin and Deputy Undersecretary-Research and Engineering Lisa Porter resigning, effective July 10 ... Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism taps McCain Institute for International Leadership Senior Director-National Security and Counterterrorism Nicholas Rasmussen as GIFCT's first full-time executive director.
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International hires Michael Robbins -- who remains chief operating officer at Moak Group -- as a consultant in newly created role at the association: executive vice president-advocacy and government affairs ... CPB promotes Jacquie Gales Webb to vice president-radio ... Kelly Miller, ex-Banner Public Affairs, joins FTI Consulting Telecom, Media & Technology team as senior director ... XR Association hires from Booz Allen Joan O’Hara for senior director-public policy.
At FCC, as Nathan Eagan moves to Office of General Counsel as attorney adviser, Administrative Law Division; Audra Hale-Maddox promoted to succeed him as chief of staff, Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force; Michael Janson remains director and continuing as deputy directors are Kirk Burgee and Jonathan McCormack ... DOD names Dave Spirk, ex-U.S. Special Operations Command, chief data officer, office of the chief information officer ... American Enterprise Institute hires John Cusey, ex-Department of Health and Human Services, as vice president-communications; he's returning to AEI.
Utilities Technology Council board promotes Sheryl Riggs to president-CEO, from interim since January; directors extend officers' terms for another year due to postponement of UTC’s annual conference, which will now be held virtually ... Lerman Senter promotes David Burns to member and hires Art Harding, ex-Foster Garvey, as counsel ... FeganScott adds Melissa Ryan Clark, ex-Tadler Law and a lawyer with experience with privacy and data breaches, as of counsel.
President Donald Trump promotes Jason Kearns to chairman, International Trade Commission with term as chief ending June 16, 2022, succeeding David Johanson, whose term as chairman ended Tuesday; Randolph Stayin named vice chairman for similar term; outgoing chair and vice chair remain commissioners ... Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett and Deputy Director Sandy Sugawara resign ... MCNC appoints Tracy Doaks, leaving July 31 as North Carolina state chief information officer, president-CEO, effective Aug. 1, replacing Jean Davis, stepping down from this North Carolina Research and Education Network operator to care for her elderly parents.
Solicitor General Noel Francisco departs DOJ, effective July 3 ... Jenner & Block adds communications lawyer Zeb Zankel, ex-Davis Wright, as partner, Communications, Internet and Technology Practice ... Red Hat hires Cheryl Bruner, ex-IBM, as public policy director ... CenturyLink hires Hugo Teufel, ex-Raytheon, as chief privacy officer.
Center for Democracy & Technology Vice President-Strategy and General Counsel Lisa Hayes has left CDT ... University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications hires Angela Bradbery, ex-Public Citizen, as Karel endowed chair in public interest communications and on faculty of public relations department, succeeding Ann Christiano, who was Karel inaugural chair and remains director, Center for Public Interest Communications ... Twitter hires Jim Bakeras deputy general counsel ... Crisis Text Line board fires CEO Nancy Lublin; director Dena Trujillo becomes interim CEO.
TechFreedom taps Asheesh Agarwal, ex-FTC, for deputy general counsel-competition counsel ... Barnes & Thornburg adds John Moye as partner, Litigation Department; his practice includes technology and software litigation and telecom law ... LegalZoom hires from The Honest Co. Nicole Miller as general counsel ... Crossroads Strategies hires ex-Sens. John Breaux, D-La., and Trent Lott, R-Miss., as partners; they worked at Squire Patton on issues including telecom.
Computer & Communications Industry Association hires Arthur Sidney, ex-office of Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., as vice president-public policy, succeeding Matt Schruers, previously promoted to president ... Information Technology and Innovation Foundation hired Sintia Radu, ex-U.S. News & World Report, as communications director ... Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden promotes Joe Cappello to chief human capital officer, from acting ... Subject Matter hires lobbyist Bryce Harlow, ex-CBS, to government relations team, effective July 13.
Internet Accountable Project adds attorney and Human Events Publisher Will Chamberlain as senior counsel; IAP notes the conservative group was started in September by ex-Senate GOP aides Mike Davis and Rachel Bovard "to take on Big Tech from the right"; it's now "expanding its team in the wake of Big Tech’s escalating targeting of conservatives" ... TechNet hires from Univision Communications Keith Fernandez as director-communications ... Barclays taps Georgi Balinov, ex-Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as head-global technology payments banking.