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.
Hooper, Lundy taps Drew Woodmansee, ex-Jones Day, as shareholder-intellectual property group head ... CBS names Brandin Stewart, ex-NBC, president-general manager, CBS Television Stations’ Philadelphia properties ... Vectrus appoints Susan Lynch, ex-Sungard Availability Services, senior vice president-chief financial officer.
FTI Consulting hires for telecom, media and consulting Nancy Tseng, from West Monroe Partners, as senior managing director and Gary Jacobs, ex-Alvarez & Marsal, as managing director ... Glen Echo Group adds John Perrino, from George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, as senior associate.
Arent Fox adds Julia Jacobson, ex-K&L Gates, as partner-privacy, cybersecurity and data protection ... Offit Kurman hires as principals-intellectual property Lynn Terrebonne, Michael Hogan, Pei-Ru Wey and Touhey Myer, all ex-Caesar Rivise ... Wilson Sonsini taps John Wehrli, ex-Jones Day, as partner-technology transactions ... CableLabs announces Mariam Sorond, from Dish Network, as chief R&D officer ... Nexstar appoints Susan Tully, ex-NBC Owned Television Stations, senior vice president-local content development, new position.
Nexstar promotes Ron Romines to senior vice president-regional manager and Jerry Brehm to vice president-general manager, WTEN Albany, New York, and associated mobile-digital operations ... Meredith advances Bryce Moore to vice president-digital content and Lee Morehouse to digital products manager ... Louis Libin, ex-HC2 Broadcasting, rejoins Sinclair as vice president-spectrum engineering and policy ... Summit Ridge Group adds Randy Reynolds, ex-Lord Abbett, as analyst-communications sector valuation and financial consulting.
After close of Apollo’s acquisition of Cox Media Group, the latter's President Kim Guthrie becoming CMG CEO ... Inte Q promotes Chris Duncan to president ... With FIS acquisition of Worldpay, latter company’s Mark Heimbouch becomes FIS president-merchant solutions; Stephanie Ferris, chief operating officer; and Charles Drucker board vice chairman ... CBS TV Stations names Lauren Crane, ex-Mirriad, vice president-multi-platform sales ... Shentel moves Chase Stobbe to principal accounting officer.