Macom Technology adds its board member Stephen Daly as CEO-president, succeeding John Croteau, resigned ... Returning to Entravision: Karl Alonso Meyer as chief revenue and product officer ... At CommScope, where Kevin Keefe rose to senior vice president-segment leader of network and cloud and professional services (see this section, May 16), he had succeeded Dan Whalen, who has left the company, a spokesperson tells us.
Sheppard Mullin taps Robert Masters and Jonathan DeFosse, both from Fried, Frank, as partners-intellectual property ... Immersion appoints Mike Okada, from Dolby Labs, general counsel and senior vice president-intellectual property licensing and legal affairs, replacing Amie Peters, leaving.
800response names Jay Rosenblatt, ex-Conduit Global, CEO, succeeding Mitchell Knisbacher, retires ... Verizon hires Patrick Donovan, ex-CTIA, as vice president-public safety policy ... PBS taps Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, ex-InsideClimate News, as public editor-ombudsman ... George Mason University names Sean O’Connor, from University of Wisconsin School of Law, Scalia Law School professor and executive director of Center for Protection of Intellectual Property.
Entertainment Software Association names acting CEO-President Stanley Pierre-Louis to those positions permanently ... Directors Guild of America names Celeste Drake, ex-AFL-CIO, head-government affairs ... DLA Piper taps Andrew Serwin, ex-Morrison & Foerster, as partner-intellectual property and technology ... ML Strategies hires Christian Fjeld, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, as vice president ... Goodwin adds David Callaway, ex-U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California computer hacking and intellectual property unit, as partner-white collar defense ... National Conference of State Legislatures promotes Tim Storey to executive director, effective July 15, succeeding William Pound, retiring.
MPAA promotes Gail MacKinnon to senior executive vice president-global policy and government affairs ... Kelley Drye adds David Clonts and Kevin Cadwell, both from Akin Gump, as partners-intellectual property; Monica Moussighi, ex-Moussighi Law, joins as special counsel, background in electrical engineering ... National Safety Council appoints Lorraine Martin, from Pegasus Springs Foundation, CEO-president ... Library of Congress' Gayle Osterberg leaves as director-communications.
Akin Gump names Galen Roehl, ex-USTelecom, senior policy adviser, public law and policy practice ... Univision appoints Galiya Tleuova, ex-Time, executive vice president-finance, chief accounting officer and corporate controller, succeeding Matthew Drucker, resigned ... Beasley Media promotes Heidi Raphael to chief communications officer.
RIAA advances Morna Willens to chief policy officer and Karen Silhol to chief financial officer and adds Ken Doroshow, ex-Jenner & Block, as chief legal officer ... Entertainment Software Association promotes in government affairs: Missy Foxman and Kevin O'Hanlon to senior directors-federal; Kathryn Gunter, director-state; and Adriana Barajas, associate; and hires Kara Kelber, ex-Consumer Reports (see this section, May 6), as director-communications and industry affairs, and Shaokyi Amdo as communications and social media coordinator.
Monday, MPAA moved association's Kelly McMahon (see this section, Nov. 19) to chair, Classification and Rating Administration, to succeed as chair Joan Graves, retired ... Technology Policy Institute hires Robert Hahn, ex-American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, as senior fellow ... MTV names Sheila Nevins, ex-HBO, to launch MTV Documentary Films.
BSA|The Software Alliance hires from D&P Creative Strategies Roberto Fierro as director-legislative strategy ... Cumulus Media appoints Brian Philips, ex-Viacom, executive vice president-content and audience, replacing Mike McVay, returning to full-time consulting, with Cumulus as his first client ... T-Mobile promotes Robert Gary to senior vice president and general manager, Home & Entertainment, replacing Jeff Binder, leaves company.
Kara Kelber leaving Consumer Reports, where she's associate director-strategic communications ... In securing investment and exclusivity commitment from Invicta Watch Group, Evine announces IWG CEO Eyal Lalo as vice chairman; former Evine Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tim Peterman as CEO; and IWG partner Michael Friedman as board member; ex-Evine CEO Bob Rosenblatt remains on the board.