Wiley Rein names Kevin Rupy, ex-USTelecom, partner-telecom, media and technology ... TDI Executive Director Claude Stout retiring, effective May 29, 2020 ... Paul Grove, ex-WTCI Chattanooga, returning to WEDU Tampa as president/CEO, replacing interim Jack Conely ... Bahakel Communications taps Mike Costa, ex-Sinclair, as vice president-general manager, Montgomery, Alabama, TV operations.
C-Band Alliance announces Peter Pitsch, ex-Intel, as head-advocacy and government affairs (see 1903270036) ... Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., names Miguel Ayala, ex-Hillary for America, communications director ... Maine Department of Economic and Community Development names Peggy Schaffer, ex-Maine Broadband Coalition, to lead ConnectME Authority ... IHeartMedia hires Chuck Knight, ex-WBEB(FM) Philadelphia, as senior vice president-programming, Austin/San Antonio region.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., advances Heather Hutt to state director; hires Deanne Millison, ex-city of Chicago, as legislative director, and Meaghan Lynch, ex-aide to Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., as press secretary ... WWE names Susan Levison, ex-CBS Television Studios, senior vice president and head, WWE Studios ... Strategic Mobility Group promotes Christine Pearson to operations manager ... Webedia appoints Matthew Wurst, ex-360i, as managing director-U.S.
National Urban League appoints Clint Odom, ex-office of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and ex-FCC, senior vice president-policy and executive director, Washington bureau ... Clark Hill lobbying firm taps ex-Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, as member, government and public affairs practice ... LBI Media hires Laura Fisher, ex-Univision Communications, as senior vice president-sales, EstrellaTV Network.
Fox appoints Jeff Taylor, ex-General Motors, executive vice president-chief litigation counsel ... O’Melveny announces Lisa Monaco, ex-White House, as partner, co-chairing Data Security and Privacy group ... DLA Piper taps Patrick Anding, ex-Wilson Sonsini, as partner-technology, digital media, entertainment; announces launch of Blockchain and Digital Assets practice, led by partners Mark Radcliffe, Margo Tank and Michael Hamilton-U.S., Martin Bartlam-London and Scott Thiel-Hong Kong.
Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., hires David Strickland, from Venable, as committee staff director, according to lobbyists; Cantwell’s office didn't comment ... U.S. Chamber of Commerce hires Michelle Russo, ex-Discovery, as chief communications officer ... MPAA promotes John Gibson to vice president-external and multicultural affairs.
New Fox Corp. Washington office staff, from 21st Century Fox: Danny O’Brien, executive vice president-head of government relations, and Kristopher Jones and Jamie Gillespie, vice presidents-government relations, and from Fox Television, Joseph Di Scipio, senior vice president-advocacy before FCC ... Center for Internet Security names Reg Harnish, ex-GreyCastle Security, executive vice president-security services.
Senate Commerce Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announces Robert Turner, ex-U.S. Marshals Service, as committee’s chief of investigations …... Proskauer hires Bonnie Yeomans, ex-CA Technologies, as special privacy counsel-corporate ... IHeartMedia promotes Angel Aristone to executive vice president-communications ... Gamco Investors names financial tech expert Howard Green, ex-Cantor Fitzgerald, senior vice president-corporate development.
CTAM Senior Vice President-Chief Communications Officer Anne Cowan retiring ... Discovery promotes Keith Kazerman to executive vice president-digital sales, advanced advertising and research, new position ... Ingenico Group appoints Matthieu Destot, formerly of Alcatel-Lucent, executive vice president, Banks & Acquirers unit ... Mozilla hires Lindsey Shepard, ex-Facebook, as vice president-product marketing.
Stellar Development Foundation retains Denelle Dixon, from Mozilla, as executive director-CEO, effective May 1, succeeding Executive Director Jed McCaleb, who becomes chief architect ... Alok Ranjan and Vikrant Mathur, co-founders of Future Today, continue as co-presidents, with long-term contracts with Cinedigm upon closing of latter company’s purchase of Future Today (see 1903150019).