Silicon Flatirons moves: new senior fellows affiliated with Spectrum Policy Initiative David Redl, ex-NTIA, and with University of Colorado-Boulder professors Keith Gremban and David Reed; UC-Boulder professor Casey Fiesler named fellow affiliated with Telecommunications and Platforms Initiative; former Executive Fellows Dale Hatfield and Pierre de Vries and Colorado Attorney General-Silicon Flatirons founder Phil Weiser (D) become distinguished advisers, with Hatfield and de Vries remaining on the board, Spectrum Policy Initiative.
Covington & Burling hires Stacey Grigsby, ex-DOJ, as partner-commercial litigation ... In restructuring (see this section, April 10), Corning names senior vice presidents-general managers including John Bayne for mobile consumer electronics; Michael Bell, optical communication; Hal Nelson, automotive; and John Zhang, display.
AT&T hires Ed Gillespie as senior executive vice president-external and legislative affairs, replacing Jim Cicconi, retiring after returning last fall on interim basis; Gillespie comes from Sard Verbinnen ... Sard Verbinnen promotes Bruce Haynes to chairman, SVC Public Affairs, succeeding Gillespie; firm hires Trent Duffy, HDMK Public Affairs co-founder, to take over Haynes' last post as vice chairman, SVC Public Affairs, and Duffy also becomes co-head, Washington, office; Miriam Sapiro remains in both roles.
Mariah Shuman, ex-OneWeb, becomes head-domestic regulatory affairs, Amazon's Project Kuiper ... Mozilla moves interim CEO Mitchell Baker to permanent post ... Kevin McKinley, ex-Internet Association, joins Facebook’s public policy team ... Flex promotes Michael Hartung to president-agility solutions segment; Doug Britt resigning.
CTIA taps David Maloney, ex-Fuse Corps, as local affairs director-external and state affairs ... GoDaddy acquiring Neustar registry business, with Neustar’s Nicolai Bezsonoff to head GoDaddy Registry upon closing expected in Q2 ... XR Association names Laura Chadwick, from National Restaurant Association, senior director-industry relations ... Fox Rothschild names Bradley Gould, ex-Dorsey & Whitney, partner-intellectual property and patents.
DLA Piper announces partners Marius Domokos, from Wilson Sonsini, for intellectual property and tech, and Kristin Jacobson, ex-Sprint, for IP, tech and telcom ... Paul Hastings adds Aaron Charfoos, ex-Jones Day, as partner-cybersecurity, privacy and data protection lawyer ... Copyright Office advances Sarah Garske to deputy director, Copyright Modernization Office ... NPR names Kelly McBride, from Poytner Institute, public editor, succeeding Elizabeth Jensen, concludes term ... Ansley Erdel, ex-Alpine Group, joins Salt Point Strategies.
Among other personnel moves (see this section, April 3), Public Knowledge promotes Meredith Whipple to digital outreach director ... Patrick Lin, California Polytechnic State University, joins Center for a New American Security Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security ... Code Dx announces Martin Weber, ex-Cisco, as senior vice president-worldwide sales; promotes Curtis Bragdon to vice president-business development and public sector ... Seaborn Networks appoints Michel Marcelino, from Vogel Telecom, senior vice president, head-Latin America ... President Donald Trump nominating judge for the Western District of Kentucky Justin Walker to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Public Knowledge hires Michele Ambadiang, ex-Inter-Progress, for events and development manager, and Courtney Lee, ex-Sunlight Foundation, is director-finance and administration ... Michelle McClure, ex-Fletcher Heald, joins Spire Global as regulatory and legislative affairs counsel ... Center for a New American Security names Tony Samp, DLA Piper, adjunct senior fellow-technology and national security ... President Donald Trump names White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier also acting director, National Science Foundation, succeeding France Cordova, term ends, as Senate considers nomination of Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State University.
ICANN Senior Vice President-Global Domains Division Cyrus Namazi leaves; Senior Vice President-Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives Theresa Swinehart also leads GDD in interim ... WarnerMedia names Jason Kilar, ex-Vessel, CEO ... Axinn adds Craig Minerva, ex-DOJ, as counsel-antitrust ... Latham & Watkins announces Nicholas Boyle, ex-Williams & Connolly, as partner-complex commercial litigation; his clients include software and technology companies, business-to-business data sellers and movie studios ... CTIA announces Sarah Versaggi, ex-USTelecom, as assistant vice president-government affairs and Joe Joiner, ex-National Restaurant Association, as PAC director.
Harris Wiltshire announces Rashmi Doshi, ex-FCC (see this section, Jan. 31), is technology policy adviser ... DOD acting Deputy Chief Information Officer-Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Information Infrastructure Capabilities Fred Moorefield lists permanent position; Pentagon didn't comment ... Charles River Associations advances Matthew List to vice president-antitrust and competition economics.