Patreon hires Ellen Satterwhite, ex-Glen Echo Group, as head-U.S. policy ... Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) appoints Laura Gomez-Martin, who has been Department of Information Technology deputy chief information security officer, as the state’s first chief privacy officer, and Patrick McLoughlin, ex-Johnson Mirmiran, as the first chief data officer ... House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., adds Marcus Robinson, ex-Brownstein Hyatt, as press secretary … PBS adds Maribel Lopez, ex-Twin Cities PBS, as head, PBS Digital Studios, effective Dec. 13.

Womble Bond adds Barlow Keener, who was at his own law firm, as a member of Womble's GCSolutions and Communications, Technology and Media Communications teams, working on transactions, "regulatory advocacy and compliance" and privacy and cyber compliance ... New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Joseph Fiordaliso promotes Taryn Boland to chief of staff, replacing Christine Sadovy, who left to become Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) cabinet secretary; Fiordaliso also promotes Robert Brabston to executive director-BPU, where Stacy Peterson rises to deputy executive director.

GPS Innovation Alliance Executive Director David Grossman departs; Wilkinson Barker Lead Policy Adviser Alex Damato becomes GPSIA acting executive director and remains at the law firm ... Ian Forbes from FCC Wireline Bureau returns to DLA Piper as an associate in the Telecom practice ... Invariant hires Kevin Walsh from IBM as a director and to advise clients on privacy, supply chain, semiconductors, cybersecurity and emerging technology policies ... Madison Square Garden Entertainment hires Jamal Haughton from Samsung Electronics America, also ex-Cablevision, as executive vice president-general counsel, effective Dec. 6 ... Contract manufacturer Kimball Electronics announces retirement of John Kahle as vice president-general counsel and chief compliance officer and secretary, effective Dec. 31, and promotes Associate General Counsel-Assistant Secretary Douglas Hass to succeed him.

NCTA Senior Vice President-Chief, Government Relations Joanna McIntosh retires, effective Dec. 31, to be replaced by Cliff Riccio, currently vice president-deputy chief, government relations; he will oversee federal and state legislative functions and move up to senior vice president-chief, government relations; state team continues to be led by Vice President-Senior Policy Counsel, State Government Relations Lisa Schoenthaler ... Blockchain Association hires Dave Grimaldi from Interactive Advertising Bureau as executive vice president and head-government relations.

Wiley promotes Jennifer Hindin to co-chair, Telecom, Media and Technology Practice, along with existing co-Chair Kathleen Kirby; Hindin succeeds David Gross, who remains an active partner in the practice ... Association of National Advertisers Group Executive Vice President Dan Jaffe, who has led ANA’s Government Relations office in Washington for 36 years, retires at year-end and is succeeded by Senior Vice President Christopher Oswald, who ascends to executive vice president in January ... Glen Echo Group adds Andrea O'Neal, ex-National Geographic Society, as a director and Joey Battley, ex-MSB Analytics, and Katelin Murray, who was a fellow at the firm, as associates.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces retired Chief Copyright Royalty Judge Suzanne Barnett as interim chief copyright royalty judge and head of the Copyright Royalty Board, replacing Chief Judge Jesse Feder who's stepping down ... Institute for Security and Technology hires Megan Stifel, ex-Global Cyber Alliance, as IST chief strategy officer; tech policy expert Yael Eisenstat to co-lead the new Digitally Influenced Democracy Initiative; and recent Clark University graduate Zoe Brammer and Lauren Pompey, from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, as full-time staffers to work on cyber and information security.

On Track Innovations promotes Amir Eilam to CEO, succeeding Yehuda Holtzman, who previously notified the near-field communication solutions provider of his resignation for personal reasons; Eilam continues as vice president-R&D until there's a replacement ... Velodyne Lidar taps Eta Compute’s Theodore Tewksbury, also ex-Entropic Communications, as CEO ... WWE names board member Frank Riddick CFO and chief administrative officer, succeeding current CFO Kristina Salen, departing the company.

Bradley Arant hires Bradford Currier from Kelley Drye as senior attorney on Governmental Affairs team, working on communications matters involving federal and state agencies and including broadband infrastructure deployment and government funding ... Google adds Stacia Cardille, ex-Twitter, as director-global legislative oversight for Alphabet's regulatory response, investigations and strategy team, and promotes Riva Sciuto to head-communications, Google Assistant.

Information Technology Industry Council adds Cisco Minthorn from Intel as vice president-government affairs, working on digital trade and market access agreements ... Cox Enterprises hires Erin McCandless from Cox Automotive as vice president-commercial operations ... Schneider Electric promotes Philippe Rambach to newly created role of chief AI officer ... Nutanix adds Pure Storage’s Dominick Delfino, also former VMware, as chief revenue officer, effective Dec. 6.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announces his state DOJ executive team includes Chief Deputy AG Venus Johnson, ex-Contra Costa District Attorney’s office, now overseeing divisions including those dealing with policy and technology; Chief-Policy Francesca Gessner, ex-general counsel to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; and Director-Communications Bethany Lesser, who held the same post for then-California AG Xavier Becerra (D).