Harris Wiltshire promotes to partners Paul Caritj, communications; Deepika Ravi, litigation; and Colleen Sechrest, telecom and technology ... Foster Garvey broadcast lawyer Erwin Krasnow retires ... Venable hires Alexander Botting, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as senior director-international cybersecurity services.
Computer & Communications Industry Association promotes Matt Schruers to president, succeeding Ed Black, who retires, continues as senior adviser and remains on board as CEO emeritus.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) promotes Hayley Williamson to chairwoman-Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
TDS Telecom promotes Karl Betz to vice president-information technologies ... IHeartMedia names Paige Rockwell, from Townsquare Media, vice president-sales, Binghamton, New York.
NBCUniversal names Abbey Berryman, ex-Dentsu Aegis Network, senior vice president-client partnerships ... President Donald Trump adds to Assistant to the President and the Senior Adviser to the Chief of Staff Robert Blair responsibilities as special representative-international telecommunications policy ... Uber announces ex-CEO Travis Kalanick resigning from board, effective Dec. 31, “to focus on his new business and philanthropic endeavors.”
Commerce Department moves Doug Kinkoph to acting NTIA administrator (see 1912230065) ... FTC Chairman Joe Simons appoints Andrew Sweeting, University of Maryland, director-Bureau of Economics, succeeding Bruce Kobayashi, returning to George Mason University ... Fletcher Heald telecom lawyer Mitchell Lazarus says he’s retiring.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names Monisha Ghosh, from National Science Foundation, chief technology officer ... Public Knowledge appoints Diego Rivera, ex-Equal Rights Center, director-finance and administration, and Tsion Tesfaye, ex-CeaseFirePA, communications justice fellow, launching Tech Policy Diversity Project ... Jenner & Block promotes to partners Christopher Lindsay, media and entertainment litigation, and Johanna Thomas, communications, internet and technology.
Hogan Lovells confirms Asia Pacific and Middle East regional chief executive Miguel Zaldivar as global CEO, and litigation arbitration and employment head Michael Davison as deputy CEO, effective July 1, succeeding, respectively, Steve Immelt and David Hudd ... Nelson Mullins announces Kevin Mekler, ex-Travelers, as partner-cybersecurity.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden appoints Associate Register-Copyrights Maria Strong to acting register of copyrights and director, Copyright Office, succeeding Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple (see this section, Dec. 10) ... FTC Chairman Joseph Simons promotes Ian Conner to Competition Bureau director and Daniel Francis to deputy director; Gail Levine also deputy director ... President Donald Trump moving Department of Homeland Assistant Secretary-Cyber, Infrastructure and Resilience Policy Bryan Ware to assistant director-cybersecurity.
DOJ moves Seth DuCharme, with cybercrime and national security experience, to principal associate deputy attorney general ... Electronic Frontier Foundation adds Birgitta Jonsdottir, from International Modern Media Institute, as internet archive fellow, and Christoph Schmon, ex-EU Consumer Organisation, as international policy director ... School, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition promotes Alicja Johnson to communications manager ... Aerospace Industries Association hires Alison Lynn, from American Chemistry Council, as vice president-communications.