Wilkinson Barker appoints media and telecom partner Natalie Roisman as also director, WBK Forward, new social responsibility program ... Patent and Trademark Office appoints acting Patent Trial and Appeal Board Chief Judge Scott Boalick to permanent role ... Honigman adds Kelley Goldberg, ex-Intel, as partner, Intellectual Property department ... Rockefeller Foundation moves interim Chief Operating Officer Steve VanRoekel, ex-U.S. chief information officer and ex-FCC, to permanent COO.
Lawler Metzger taps James Falvey, ex-Eckert Seamans, as partner-telecom, with other issues including VoIP and privacy ... Uber hires Sarah Paul, ex-office of then-Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., as senior manager-federal affairs ... Universal Music Group adds Dan Morales, ex-eBay, as chief information officer ... BlackBerry moves Bob Day to president of new subsidiary BlackBerry Government Solutions.
Mintz adds Larry Naughton, ex-Choate Hall, as member-emerging growth practice, technology ... Library of Congress appoints Robin Dale, ex-Institute of Museum and Library Services, associate librarian, library services ... SAIC promotes Nazzic Keene to CEO, effective July 31, succeeding Tony Moraco, retiring ... Motorola taps Mahesh Saptharishi, from the company's Avigilon, as chief technology officer ... SentryOne announces Lang Leonard, from LevelUp, as chief financial officer ... Plantronics appoints Chuck Boynton, ex-SunPower, executive vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Pam Strayer.
Association of Global Automakers names Don Stewart, ex-office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., executive vice president-public affairs ... Software & Information Industry Association hires Sara DePaul, ex-FTC, senior director-technology policy ... Manatt Phelps announces Monika Tashman, ex-Fox Rothschild, is partner-entertainment practice ... Goodwin opens office in Santa Monica with focus on technology and private equity industry, moves partner A.J. Weidhaas to office chair ... Perkins Coie hires Justin Cole, ex-CTIA, as senior media relations manager.
American Antitrust Institute promotes Randy Stutz to vice president-legal advocacy ... Bryan Gulley leaves Senate Commerce Committee Democratic office ... FirstLight Fiber appoints Leonard Camara, ex-Energy Federation, chief information officer ... Afilias advances Keith Lubsen to chief business officer ... WGBH-TV hires Tina Cassidy, ex-InkHouse, as chief marketing officer; also names Ann Fudge, ex-Young & Rubicam, board chair.
Netflix Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Bennett resigns ... LeoStella, Thales Alenia Space-Spaceflight Industries venture, names Mike Hettich, ex-Astronics, CEO, replacing Chris Chautard, returning to Thales Alenia Space ... Towerstream promotes Michael Connors to senior vice president-operations ... Aireon appoints Jonathan Astill, from NATS, vice president-general manager of new Air Traffic Flow Management Services.
Harris Wiltshire adds Becky Burr, ex-Neustar, as partner, privacy and data security practice ... Recording Academy appoints Lisa Farris, ex-MetricVision, chief digital officer ... Global VSAT Forum names Irina Petrov, ex-Onlime Group, vice president-marketing and membership.
DLA Piper adds Peter Karanjia, ex-Davis Wright, as partner, telecom and appellate practices and chair, administrative law appellate practice ... Copyright Office promotes Kevin Amer to deputy general counsel ... House Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee hires Slade Bond, ex-Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee, as chief counsel; Lina Khan, who had been working with FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, as counsel; and Amanda Lewis, detailed from FTC ... Rothwell Figg opens office in Boston, led by new partner Daniel Shores, intellectual property lawyer from Shores & Oliver.
NCTA Senior Vice President-Program Network Policy Jill Luckett retires, consulting for association part time on programming policy ... Fletcher Heald lawyer Daniel Kirkpatrick succeeds Frank Jazzo, retired (see 1812050038), as firm's third co-managing member ... Digital Media Association appoints from NAB Garrett Levin as CEO ... Cox Enterprises appoints Sonya Wendell Manfredi, ex-Internet & Television Association, vice president-government affairs.
Comcast names Thomas Reid, from Davis Polk, senior executive vice president-general counsel-secretary, succeeding Art Block, retiring ... CBS' Lawrence Tu resigns as executive vice president-chief legal officer ... Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy (R) appoints former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan (R) to Regulatory Commission of Alaska for six-year term ... HBO Chairman-CEO Richard Plepler resigns ... Michael Best adds Campbell University patent law professor Lucas Osborn as of counsel ... State Senate confirms Dave Danner reappointment as chairman, Washington Utilities and Transportation.