Computer & Communications Industry Association promotes Matthew Schruers to chief operating officer and Marianela Lopez-Galdos to global competition counsel ... Alaska Communications CEO Anand Vadapalli departing, remaining as adviser through year; Chief Operating Officer William Bishop becomes interim CEO ... Cobham promotes Shawn Black to president, replacing Jill Kale, retiring ... Twitter names James Loduca, from Salesforce, senior director-inclusion and diversity.
Porter Wright appoints Michael Sullivan, ex-Mayer Brown, partner-wireless and telecom ... Newly launched Enterprise Cloud Coalition names Andrew Howell of Monument Advocacy executive director ... Porter Hedges announces Miranda Jones, ex-Heim Payne, is partner-patent litigation ... Feinberg Day adds intellectual property litigators: Robert Kramer and Russell Tonkovich, both from Dentons, as partners; Kate Hart and Aidan Brewster, also both ex-Dentons, as, respectively, of counsel and associate; and Nick Martini, ex-Haynes and Boone, of counsel.
Ariel Wolf, ex-Department of Transportation, rejoins Venable as counsel, working on e-commerce, privacy and cybersecurity ... XR Association names Elizabeth Hyman, ex-CompTIA, its first CEO ... Zipwhip appoints Faye Ricci, ex-Bank of America, senior vice president-general counsel-secretary ... Industry Data Exchange Association names Kevin Corcoran, ex-1WorldSync, vice president-sales and marketing.
Mayer Brown lead partner-cybersecurity and data privacy Rajesh De becomes also managing partner, Washington office, succeeding Daniel Masur, continuing to lead technology transactions ... Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners nominates Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley as president, NARUC; election in November ... Waymo hires Monique Meche, ex-Albright Stonebridge Group, as global head-public policy and Mufaddal Ezzy, ex-Google, for co-head-state policy ... Cornerstone Government Affairs names Connie LaRossa, ex-General Dynamics Information Technology, senior vice president.
Jane Sanchez, law librarian of Congress, becomes also deputy librarian, Library Collections and Services, a post she held in acting capacity ... Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations promotes Steve Francis to assistant director, HSI-led Global Trade Investigations Division, and director, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center ... Perkins Coie names Eric Greenberg, ex-Paul Hastings, partner-technology transactions and privacy and mergers and acquisitions ... Monument Advocacy hires Anderson Heiman, ex-Office of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., as principal-technology, cybersecurity and trade.
Library of Congress appoints Frances Lee, Princeton University, inaugural chair in congressional policymaking ... Hamilton Place Strategies adds Christina Pearson, ex-Microsoft, as managing director ... ACLU names Deepa Subramaniam, ex-Kickstarter, its first chief product and digital officer.
FCC personnel departures announced at Thursday's meeting of commissioners: Office of Economics and Analytics' Office of Strategic Planning Senior Counsel Sherille Ismail; he's hired by Intelsat, with his last day at commission June 28, agency spokesperson tells us; Ismail's title is senior counsel, company representative tells us. And Wireline Bureau Competition Policy Division Deputy Chief Ann Stevens retiring, effective June 21.
Manatt Phelps adds Scott Lashway, ex-Holland & Knight, as partner-privacy and data security ... Aerospace Industries Association appoints Ben Stone, ex-Enel Green Power North America, vice president-membership and strategic development ... Google Cloud hires Mike Daniels, ex-Salesforce, as vice president-global public sector ... AT&T's WarnerMedia names Chris Spadaccini, from its HBO, chief marketing officer-WarnerMedia Entertainment ... With Infinite Electronics’ purchase of Integra Optics, the latter’s president, Jim Pascarell, joins Infinite’s executive team, continuing to lead Integra, whose CEO-Chief Technology Officer David Prescott becomes consultant ... Datacenter People Group announces Mark Acton, ex-CBRE, is partner, Portman Partners ... President Donald Trump nominating Ashley Poling, office of Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., to Postal Regulatory Commission for the remainder of term expiring Nov. 22, 2024.
Internet Association promotes to senior vice presidents Michael Bloom, for global government affairs, and Robert Callahan, for state government affairs; Senior Vice President-Global Government Affairs Melika Carroll leaving for Sonder ... Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board adds Geoff Cohen, from Aon, as technologist ... Waymo hires Monique Meche, from Albright Stonebridge Group, as global head-public policy.
Verizon names Rachael Bender, ex-FCC, vice president-associate general counsel ... Lerman Senter adds Jeff Carlisle, ex-Lightsquared, as counsel, focusing on regulatory, transactional and enforcement ... U.S. Cyber Command promotes Ross Myers to vice admiral and deputy commander ... DJI hires Mark Aitken, ex-Akin Gump, as director-U.S. legislative affairs.