Tessco Technologies announces Sandip Mukerjee, ex-Nokia, as CEO and board member, replacing Murray Wright, retiring following transition ... Wolfe Research Managing Director Marci Ryvicker to keynote Media Outlook 2020 conference Sept. 12 in New York ... OpenSUSE names Gerald Pfeifer, Suse, board chair, replacing Richard Brown, resigning ... Energous appoints Rahul Patel, Qualcomm, and Mike Noonen, MixComm, to its board, replacing Martin Cooper and Carol Lindstrom, stepping down.
White House hires Robin Colwell, ex-House Communications Subcommittee, as special assistant to the president for technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity policy-National Economic Council ... Ballard Spahr adds for media and entertainment as senior counsels Louis Petrich, Donald Gordon and Vincent Cox; of counsel Robert Gutierrez; and attorneys Daniel Mayeda, Elizabeth Schilken and Loralee Sundra, all ex-Leopold Petrich ... Fletcher Heald appoints ex-FCC intern Elizabeth Craig as associate-telecommunications.
Center for American Progress names Adam Conner, ex-Slack Technologies, vice president-technology policy team ... Crown Castle adds Staci Pies, ex-Google, as vice president-government and regulatory affairs.
Transportation Department General Counsel Steven Bradbury also now acting deputy secretary; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Heidi King resigning; DOT Deputy General Counsel James Owens becomes NHTSA deputy administrator and acting administrator; DOT Senior Counselor for Regulatory Reform Christina Aizcorbe becomes deputy general counsel ... Electronic Transactions Association names Jodie Kelley, from BSA|The Software Alliance, CEO, succeeding Jason Oxman (see this section, Jan. 25); interim CEO Amy Zirkle remains with association as vice president-industry affairs.
George Mason University Law School names Peter Davidson, ex-Commerce Department, its first deputy dean-strategic initiatives ... Information Technology Industry Council hires Terri O’Brien, ex-Resources for the Future, as chief financial officer and senior vice president-administration ... National Treasury Employees Union re-elects to second terms President Tony Reardon and National Executive Vice President Jim Bailey, both unopposed.
In Viacom/CBS (see 1908130050), Christina Spade, from CBS, becoming executive vice president-chief financial officer; Christa D’Alimonte, from Viacom, executive vice president-general counsel-secretary; and Shari Redstone, now vice chair of each, to chair ... ABC Entertainment hires Simran Sethi, ex-Netflix, as executive vice president-development and content strategy, new position ... Google News Labs hires Alexios Mantzarlis, ex-Poynter Institute, as news and information credibility lead.
Wilkinson Barker hires Alex Damato, ex-aide to Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., as lead policy adviser-telecom ... Greenberg Traurig announces David Bloch, ex-Winston & Strawn, as shareholder-intellectual property litigation ... PC Matic names Matthew Whitaker, ex-DOJ, outside general counsel.
NBC Universal Television Alternative Studio names Toby Gorman, ex-Magical Elves, president ... President Donald Trump appoints National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Maguire acting director-national intelligence (see this section, July 30); Deputy DNI Sue Gordon resigning ... Digital Entertainment Group elects to board for terms expiring July: Erol Kalafat, Amazon Studios; Pedro Gutierrez, Microsoft; and Cheryl Goodman, Sony Electronics.
Information Technology Industry Council hires Kelsey Guyselman, ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as senior director-government affairs ... RIAA names Brendan Daly, ex-Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., chief communications officer ... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and its International Society of Broadband Experts promote Geoffrey Matt to vice president-finance and accounting.
Womble Bond adds Karthika Perumal, ex-Bracewell, as partner, and John Forcier, ex-Choate, as of counsel, both for intellectual property, and Carrie Richey, ex-Carle Mackie, as associate-patent litigation ... Fox Entertainment names Amy Carney, ex-Sony, chief operating officer ... Salem Media Group appoints Pat Kelley, ex-Townsquare Media, general manager-Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, market.