Former FCC Chief of Staff Matthew Berry joins Akin Gump as partner-communications and information technology section of its regulatory practice ...Robert Thormeyer leaving as vice president-communications and advocacy at Utilities Technology Council, no plans announced ... Livestreaming audio service TuneIn promotes Deanna Grams to chief people officer ... Ad software company Viant taps Fandango’s Lisa Harrington as chief legal officer and corporate secretary ... DXC Technology hires GE’s Chris Drumgoole, also ex-Verizon, as executive vice president-chief operating officer ... Digital identity platform AlertEnterprise announces Harsh Chauhan from SAP as chief technology officer.
Summit Ridge Group adds: Robin Flynn, ex-Kagan, as adviser and media sector consultant; Rebecca Hanson, ex-HC2 Broadcasting, as adviser and regulatory consultant; and Whitney Lohmeyer, ex-MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as adviser and engineering consultant.
Heather Purcell leaves as communications director for Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., effective Aug. 18, to be replaced by Marie Baldassarre, from office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Aug. 31 ... Somos hires Kevin Green, ex-FCC, as senior director-public policy and external relations.
Intelligent Transportation Society promotes Laura Chace to president-CEO, effective Aug. 30 ... Digital identity platform ForgeRock hires Cisco’s Tschudy Smith as chief people officer ... Cybersecurity company Exabeam adds former Forescout and McAfee executive Pedro Abreu as chief operating officer.
Online sports betting company Rush Street Interactive promotes President Richard Schwartz to CEO and gives him a board seat; names Greg Carlin vice chairman ... Cox Communications promotes Suzanne Fenwick to senior vice president-content acquisition, to succeed Andy Albert when he retires as chief content strategist at year's end ... Smith Micro Software hires Mike Fox as interim vice president-finance, will make him interim chief financial officer until permanent replacement for CFO Tim Huffmyer, who departs in September, is found ... Astra adds retired Microsoft executive Lisa Nelson to its board ...
Library of Congress appoints Jason Broughton, former Vermont state librarian, as director-National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled and Robin Dale, ex-Institute of Museum and Library Services, as deputy librarian for Library Collections and Services; acting Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut moves to permanent post ... Future of Privacy Forum names Clarisse Girot, ex-Asian Business Law Institute Data Privacy Project, as director of its new FPF Asia-Pacific office in Singapore ... Laura Manley to become Harvard's Shorenstein Center executive director in September, moving from its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs’ Technology and Public Purpose Project.
Quantum taps Cisco’s John Hurley as chief revenue officer ... Savings and investments app Acorns adds Rich Sullivan from Twitter as chief financial officer; Jasmine Lee, who previously had dual roles as chief operating officer and CFO, becomes exclusively COO ... Intel hires Christy Pambianchi from Verizon as executive vice president-chief people officer, effective Sept. 7 ... Dean Brenner leaving as Qualcomm senior vice president-spectrum strategy and tech policy, effective Dec. 2 ... Hard Rock International hires ex-Panama Jack CEO Kimberly Manna, also former Sony Pictures Entertainment, as senior vice president-retail and licensing.
Department of Agriculture names Caryn Compton, ex-chief of staff to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as Rural Utilities Service chief of staff ... Kerry Kennedy advances to executive vice president-business affairs, ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Television Unscripted ... Lumen Technologies promotes Dave Young to newly created role as senior vice president-strategic sales, and Zain Ahmed to replace Young as senior vice president-public sector ... Warner Bros. says Jason DeMarco adds role of Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios senior vice president-anime and action series, remains Adult Swim senior vice president-anime and action series.
Digital Entertainment Group promotes Marcy Magiera to executive director and names Jean Levicki, from Twentieth Century Fox, director-community and member programs; also announces new board members Hanno Basse, Azure; Andres Alvarez, MGM; Steve Walter, Verizon; and Alison Hoffman, Starz ... IHeartMedia names Libby Nolan, ex-Zimmer Radio, senior vice president-sales, St. Louis Market ... Fiber firm Zayo Group Holdings says Mindy Mount, ex-Jawbone, joined its board of directors as chair of the Audit Committee.
Cox Media Group taps from Perkins Coie Eric Dodson Greenberg as executive vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Aug. 16 ... FCC Associate Secretary Cecilia Sigmund leaving for “comparable role” at SEC, says acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel ... North Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Office Director Jeff Sural says he's hired by U.S. Treasury Department as senior broadband policy adviser.