CompTIA adds Dileep Srihari, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, as vice president and senior policy counsel-public advocacy; Anna Powell, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for director-state government affairs, western region; Juhi Tariq, ex-Raytheon, is senior manager-international trade regulation and compliance; and Maggie Henkin, also ex-Chamber, becomes manager, public advocacy ... BakerHostetler names Daniel Pepper, ex-Comcast, partner-privacy and data protection.
FCC announces Office of General Counsel staff promotions: David Gossett becomes chief of staff, Ashley Boizelle succeeds him as deputy general counsel-litigation and Michael Carlson succeeds her as deputy general counsel-administrative law ... Copyright Office promotes Kimberley Isbell to deputy director-policy and international affairs.
Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., won't seek re-election ... Nazak Nikakhtar steps down as acting Commerce Department undersecretary for industry and security, a position she held as she awaited confirmation from the Senate, remains assistant secretary-industry and analysis; nomination not yet formally withdrawn ... Public Knowledge promotes Charlotte Slaiman to senior policy counsel and hires Jenna Leventoff, ex-Workforce Data Quality, as campaign senior policy counsel, and Bertram Lee, ex-congressional aide, for policy counsel.
DOJ Antitrust Division promotes Kathy O’Neill to senior director-investigations and litigation ... BSA|The Software Alliance adds Kate Goodloe, ex-Covington & Burling, as director-policy ... Joseph Evans, ex-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, becomes technical director-5G, office of undersecretary of defense-research and engineering ... Jones Day announces Brett Shumate, ex-DOJ, is partner-government regulation.
TripAdvisor opens Washington office with Caitlin Brosseau, ex-Pandora, as senior director-U.S. public policy ... CBS and Viacom announce Anthony DiClemente, CBS, becomes executive vice president-investor relations upon ViacomCBS close ... Univision News promotes Maria Martinez-Guzman to senior vice president-executive news director.
MPAA no longer employs General Counsel Steven Fabrizio "for violating certain terms of employment" amid allegations of sexual abuse; Vice President-Deputy General Counsel Daniel Robbins becomes interim general counsel during search ... Imagine Entertainment adds Rich Battista, ex-Time, as CEO ... Sinclair promotes Michael Bouchard to vice president-technology strategy, One Media 3.0 ... Entercom names Paul Suchman, from CBRE, chief marketing officer ... GTT Communications Chief Financial Officer Mike Sicoli leaves, effective Sept. 30, "having accepted a more senior role with a data center and cloud solutions provider"; Senior Vice President Dan Fraser becomes interim CFO ... W2O appoints Dan Linton, ex-Intel, global data privacy lead, new position ... President Donald Trump nominating Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Assistant Administrator Bridget Bean to permanent position ... Patent and Trademark Office names Deputy Director Laura Peter and Chief Information Officer Henry Holcombe to Office Performance Review Board ... SatADSL appoints Serge Van Herck, ex-Newtec, board president.
AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan retiring, effective Oct. 1 ... OneWeb hires Eric Graham, ex-C Spire, for regulatory affairs-North America ... BearingPoint names Chetan Rangaswamy, ex-Hackett Group, partner-head, U.S. practice ... Entercom appoints Ken Lagana, from Megaphone, executive vice president-digital sales, new position ... Cisco buying CloudCherry, with latter’s team joining Cisco's Contact Center Solutions business, led by Vasili Triant, vice president-general manager.
Jones Day adds Nicole Smith, ex-Morrison & Foerster, as partner-intellectual property ... With Overstock CEO and board member Patrick Byrne’s resignation, Jonathan Johnson, president of subsidiary Medici Ventures, becomes also interim CEO, and Chief Algorithms Officer Kamelia Aryafar becomes also board member; Byrne’s resignation followed his acknowledgement of involvement in what he says realized was “political espionage” ... Qualcomm moves Akash Palkhiwala to interim chief financial officer, replacing interim CFO Dave Wise, who retires, remains consultant.
HP board promotes Enrique Lores, president of imaging and printing business, to succeed Dion Weisler as president-CEO, effective Nov. 1; Weisler stepping down "due to a family health matter and he will be returning home to Australia," remains at company through January, continues on board until next annual meeting; stock drops (see 1908220066) ... Westell names Timothy Duitsman, ex-Klein Tools, president-CEO, succeeding Stephen John, leaving.
Cato Institute hires Corie Whalen, ex-Office of Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., as director-media relations ... In Viacom/CBS, board members in addition to Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish (see this section, Aug. 14, and 1908130039) are, from CBS, Robert Klieger, Candace Beinecke, Barbara Byrne, Brian Goldner, Linda Griego, Susan Schuman and Frederick Terrell and from Viacom, Judith McHale, Ronald Nelson, Charles Phillips and Nicole Seligman.