Signal Group promotes as managing directors Charles Cooper, also chair-advocacy, and Elizabeth Northrup and John Procter, also co-chairs-communications ... Stateside Associates advances Johnathan Lozier to vice president ... Patent Trial and Appeal Board litigation firm Lowenstein & Weatherwax adds partner Bridget Smith, ex-Knobbe Martens ... Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue swears in DJ LaVoy, ex-Real Estate Assessment Center, as rural development deputy undersecretary.
Changing name to Benton Institute for Broadband & Society (see 1909170012), it hires current Benton Senior Counselor Andrew Schwartzman from Georgetown Law’s Communications and Technology Law Clinic; he also keeps teaching at Johns Hopkins University ... New at Accenture: Cybersecurity expert Aaron Faulkner heads Accenture Federal Services Federal Cyber practice ... Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Robert Adler takes over as acting chairman effective Oct. 1 and was elected vice chairman by commissioners Friday, and heads CPSC until Senate OKs a new chairman; he succeeds acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle, whose term ends Oct. 27; she withdraws nominations as chairman and commissioner for another term.
Jim Cicconi returns to AT&T as interim senior executive vice president-external and legislative affairs ... At Hausfeld with antitrust, intellectual property, and cybersecurity and privacy practices, partners Anthony Maton and Brian Ratner now vice chairs, moving up to co-chairs when Chairman Michael Hausfeld becomes chairman emeritus; no date set ... ChyronHego announces Ariel Garcia, ex-Vector Capital, as CEO ... BET Networks appoints Kimberly Paige, ex-Sundial Brands, executive vice president-chief marketing officer.
Internet Society hires Joseph Hall, from Center for Democracy & Technology, as senior vice president-strong internet ... IHeartMedia promotes Becki West to vice president-sales and director-agency partnerships, Philadelphia ... Summit Wireless Technologies hires George Oliva, ex-Hardesty, as chief financial officer, replacing Gary Williams, who stays on as chief accounting officer.
Telecommunications Industry Association names David Stehlin, from Spirent Communications, CEO, succeeding Wes Johnston, relocating to Hawaii ... WilmerHale announces Sonal Mehta, from Durie Tangri, as partner-intellectual property litigation ... Altice taps Patrick Hayes, ex-office of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as senior vice president-government affairs.
Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., promotes Nick Rossi to succeed Brendon Plack as chief of staff ... Association of National Advertisers names ANA Group Executive Vice President Bill Tucker to head Measurement for Marketers unit ... Digital Media Association appoints Sally Rose Larson, ex-Office of Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., vice president-government relations ... BMI hires Shirin Foroutan, ex-MPC Film, as vice president-creative, Europe.
Center for Democracy & Technology President-CEO Nuala O’Connor stepping down to become Walmart senior vice president and chief counsel-digital citizenship; Vice Presidents Chris Calabrese, policy, and Lisa Hayes, strategy, becoming interim co-CEOs ... Sony Music Entertainment names Lisette Morton, from House Judiciary Committee, vice president-public policy and governmental affairs ... Semiconductor Industry Association names Erik Pederson, ex-Chicago Council on Global Affairs, government affairs director ... C Spire taps Chris Champion, ex-Cornerstone Government Affairs, as lead-government relations.
Greenberg Traurig adds Alexander Kim, ex-Hamre Schumann, as shareholder-intellectual property and technology ... Hogan Lovells privacy and communications partner Mark Brennan also now partner-lead innovation ... Andrew Finch, ex-DOJ Antirust Division, returns to Paul Weiss as co-chair-antitrust ... BSA|The Software Alliance announces Ha McNeill, ex-Transportation Security Administration, returns as chief operating officer; promotes Adam Coates to general counsel-vice president.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names Michael Janson director, Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force and acting assistant chief, Office of Economics and Analytics; previous task force chief Chelsea Fallon becomes head-digital opportunity data collection, OEA Data Division; and Steve Rosenberg becomes acting chief data and analytics officer and acting chief, Data Division.
Milbank names Patrick Campbell, ex-Paul Weiss, partner-transportation and space ... H&R Block hires Kaya Singleton, ex-Entertainment Software Association, as director-federal government relations ... Georgetown University Law Center names Todd Huntley, retired Navy, director-national security law program, with expertise including cyberspace.