Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Chief Component Human Capital Officer Bridget Bean (see this section, Aug. 28) becomes FEMA assistant administrator-grants programs ... Washington state Utilities and Transportation Commission moves Amy Andrews to director-policy ... AT&T Senior Vice President-Global and External Public Affairs Margaret Peterlin (see this section, July 10) leaves following two-month stay to advise Jim Cicconi (see this section, Sept. 17).
Neustar taps Brian McCann, ex-NetScout, for executive vice president and president-security solutions, and Lee Kirschbaum, ex-Opus, is senior vice president-communications solutions and corporate business development; both join Executive Committee ... Wireless Broadband Alliance moves Tiago Rodrigues to CEO, replacing Shrikant Shenwai, "who will continue working closely with WBA and the wireless industry" ... Future of Privacy Forum adds Robbert van Eijk, ex-Dutch Data Protection Authority, as managing director-FPF operations in Europe.
AT&T's Chris Sambar moves up to executive vice president, AT&T Technology Operations, and Jason Porter to senior vice president, FirstNet program at the company, succeeding Sambar ... Glen Echo Group adds Connor Farry as associate and Jada Harkins Andrews as communications coordinator; they are or were at George Washington University.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Chief of Staff Mark Isakowitz departs for Google; Portman elevates Kevin Smith to chief of staff and Emily Benavides succeeds Smith as communications director; Google hires Isakowitz to run its Washington public policy office; company says he's named vice president and head-government affairs and public policy, U.S. and Canada ... Meredith promotes General Counsel-Local Media Group Joshua Pila to general counsel-local media and entertainment.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says at Thursday’s commissioners’ meeting that Preston Wise remains his aide, now as legal adviser-rural broadband ... In office of FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, aide Kate Black’s book leave ends Tuesday; Jessica Martinez in the office had been doing Black’s duties ... Kate O'Connor, ex-NTIA, named Republican chief counsel, Communications and Technology Subcommittee ... Freedom Technologies’ Colin Alberts becomes also executive officer, U.S. delegation to World Radiocommunication Conference 2019.
EBay says Devin Wenig steps down as president-CEO and director; moves Scott Schenkel, to interim CEO and Andy Cring to interim chief financial officer ... Cox Media Group promotes KJ Anand to senior vice president-chief information officer and John DeWan and Ray Karczewski to executive vice president-sales, all CoxReps; Katie Reid to vice president-general manager, Jacksonville radio stations; Paul Briggs to vice president-general manager, Orlando TV; and Orlando Radio General Manager Jason Meder now also vice president.
Sarah Piepmeier, Kirkland & Ellis, rejoins Perkins Coie as partner-intellectual property ... Signal Group hires Blake Androff, ex-Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as executive vice president ... National Science Foundation announces Margaret Martonosi, from Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, as head-Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Senate Judiciary Committee appoints Heather Sawyer, ex-Office of Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Democratic staff director and chief counsel, replacing Jennifer Duck ... Nathan Leamer leaves FCC, becoming Targeted Victory vice president-public affairs, strategy and marketing ... E.W. Scripps appoints Kerry Oslund, ex-Tribune, vice president-strategy and business development ... Zayo promotes Erik Thomson to vice president-channel sales and partner program ... Altair names Andrea Siudara, ex-Ford, chief information officer, succeeding Martin Nichols, who becomes chief purchasing officer ... Ranplan Wireless taps Anthony Sutton, ex-Cobham Wireless, as commercial operations director, new position ... Lobbyist registrations: General Cable, Frost Brown, effective Sept. 11 ... American Coalition for Public Radio, TwinLogic Strategies on music licensing issues, effective Sept. 3 ... Cybersecurity firm ColorTokens, Clark Hill, effective Sept. 1 ... Social media platform Parler, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Shipcom Wireless, Clark Hill, effective Sept. 1 ... Software developer Vizsafe, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Software company Yippy, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Schaerr|Jaffe, effective July 12 ... Facebook, Sternhell Group on blockchain and digital currency policy, effective July 1 ... Team Hallahan on behalf of Amazon Web Services, The Doerrer Group, effective June 1 ... Legislative data services and software company Xcential, HData to advocate for Congress adopting a “standardized data format for the way legislative materials are created, compared, published, and maintained,” effective Jan. 1.
Crosscut Strategies hires Charlie Meisch, ex-SKDKnickerbocker and ex-FCC, as senior vice president; Simon Brown, from Small Business Majority, as director; and Caitlin Krutsick, Bipartisan Policy Center, as account specialist; promotes Courtney Lamie to chief operating officer ... In closing buy of Tribune (see 1909200048), Nexstar appoints from there as executive vice presidents Sean Compton, for WGN America and WGN Radio, also director-content acquisition; Dana Zimmer, also chief distribution and strategy officer; and Gary Weitman, chief communications officer.
Tyson & Mendes taps privacy, data and cybersecurity lawyer Robert Modica, ex-Gordon & Rees, as managing partner-firm’s first New York office ... Internet Accountability Project nonprofit advocacy organization launches, with founder Mike Davis, Article III Project, as president and Rachel Bovard, ex-Conservative Partnership Institute, senior adviser ... Entertainment Software Association hires Gina Vetere, ex-Covington & Burling, as senior vice president-general counsel; previously in that job was Stanley Pierre-Louis, elevated in May to president-CEO (see this section, May 14).