House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden, R-Ore., promotes Ryan Long to staff director for committee Republicans, succeeding Mike Bloomquist, departing for private sector.
Association of American Publishers Executive Vice President-General Counsel Allan Adler retiring, effective Oct. 15 ... Center for Democracy & Technology hires Iverna McGowan, from U.N. Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, to direct CDT EU office ... Comcast moves up Elaine Barden to vice president-business development, West Division ... Skael automation platform provider hires Matt Cooley, ex-New Relic, as president-chief operating officer ... Skybox Security taps Tom Gleason from Riverbed Technology as vice president-North America sales and field operations.
Latham & Watkins hires Allison Stillman from Mayer Brown as partner, Litigation and Trial Department and Connectivity, Privacy and Information Practice; the litigator advises technology companies on digital media ... Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi from Rubrik as chief information security officer ... Match Group adds Tracey Breeden from Uber as head-safety and social advocacy.
Entercom adds Sarah Foss, ex-FreeWheel, as chief information officer ... Nexstar promotes Chief Financial Officer Thomas Carter to also be president-chief operating officer, and he gets a new contract extended through 2023 ... Tech Data appoints from Lexmark International Sammy Kinlaw as senior vice president-endpoint solutions, Americas.
At California Public Utilities Commission, Rachel Peterson moves to acting executive director ... Liberty Media adds Stefano Domenicali, who has run Lamborghini, as president-CEO, Formula 1, effective in January; Chairman-CEO Chase Carey moves to non-executive chairman ... Morgan Murphy Media hires Lyle Banks, ex-Meredith's WGCL-TV Atlanta, as vice president-general manager, WISC-TV Madison, Wisconsin ... Fox hires Kevin Jackson, ex-ESPN, for managing editor of newly redesigned FOXSports.com and FOX Sports app.
TechFreedom hires Corbin Barthold, ex-Washington Legal Foundation, as internet policy counsel and director-appellate litigation ... Microsoft adds Chris Calabrese from Center for Democracy & Technology as senior director-privacy and data policy ... Age of Learning, education firm behind ABCmouse Early Learning Academy, adds Mia Rondinella, ex-Disney, as chief strategy officer; Lacey Plache, ex-Edmunds, as vice president-data and analytics; Amy Castillo, ex-Warner Bros. Entertainment, as vice president-brand growth; and Cristine Reynaert, ex-Magnite that was called Rubicon Project, as deputy general counsel.
Society of Broadcast Engineers board OKs hiring James Ragsdale, ex-Anderson University, as executive director, effective Jan. 1, succeeding John Poray, retiring Dec. 31 (see 2001030032) ... Office of Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., adds Tejasi Thatte from NCTA as chief of staff ... Cambridge Semantics business data integration firm taps Brian Owen, ex-r4 Technologies, as CEO; Chuck Pieper, who was chairman-CEO, remains chairman ... Ideoclick e-commerce platform provider promotes Benjamin Winters to chief innovation officer.
Entertainment Software Association hires Tara Ryan from Association for Accessible Medicines as vice president-state government affairs; Karen Gravois Elliott, ex-Adtran, as vice president-communications and public affairs; David Thomas, ex-Sandler Travis, is senior counsel-global policy and international trade; and Annie Chavez, ex-Sandia National Laboratories, becomes senior director-federal government affairs.
Nokia hires Grace Koh from State Department as vice president-legislative affairs ... Glen Echo Group promotes Anne Keeney to director ... Discord hires Tesa Aragones, ex-VSCO, as chief marketing officer and Clint Smith, ex-DataStax general counsel, as its first chief legal officer ... CPB Chief Content Officer Maja Mrkoci resigning "to ensure the well-being and success of her two middle school children due to the pandemic" and "to plan for the next phase in her career."
ICANN promotes Naela Sarras to vice president-stakeholder engagement, North America, effective in November ... Engine Executive Director Evan Engstrom leaves, effective Oct. 1; hired by Milltown Partners as a director ... APCO hires Alison Venable, who graduated this year from the University of Maryland School of Law, as government relations counsel.