New York attorney general now is Barbara Underwood, OK'd 190-1 by legislature, spokesman tells us; Underwood had been acting AG after Eric Schneiderman resigned (see this section of this publication's May 9 issue) ... Analog Devices hires from FujitsuMichael Clauser to head government affairs ... Saban Capital Group taps from Exeter Property Greg Ivancich as chief financial officer, succeeding Fred Gluckman, resigns effective June 1.
CT Cellutions aftermarket supply chain mobile device manager in nonbinding agreement in principle to combine with Mobile Capital Management and be called Asset Cellutions; deal to close in June; CT CEO Charles Taylor will become CEO of combined company and MCM Partner Sandy Schwartz president; MCM Principal and board member Robb Hicks will be chairman ... Qurate Retail hires Jeff Yurcisin, ex-Amazon, as president-zulily, effective Aug. 15, when interim President Lori Twomey continues as chief merchant; Mary Campbell expands job to chief merchandising and interactive officer, Qurate; Aidan O'Meara, ex-VF, named president-Qurate Retail Group International, effective July 2; and from TMB Group Tom Bazzone becomes president-Frontgate.
Charter Communications, Comcast and Cox Communications, owners of NCC Media, hire Nicolle Pangis, ex-GroupM, as its president-CEO; NCC President-CEO Greg Schaefer retired (see this section of the April 5 issue) ... Kansas City Southern appointments include moving Adam Godderz to associate general counsel-corporate secretary ... With Inteliquent's Mike Donahue retiring, Ed O'Hara, ex-Sidera Networks and RCN, is named chief financial officer ... Viacom moves up Pamela Kaufman to president-Viacom/Nickelodeon global consumer products.
Charter Communications' Alex Hoehn-Saric, who has been senior vice president-government affairs, policy and external affairs, is leaving, he tells us ... American Cable Association hires Brian Hurley, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau Competition Policy Division, as vice president-regulatory affairs, new post, effective June 4, and audio and video production specialist and recent college graduate Matthew Maraist as manager-digital communications ... Georgetown University hires Amanda Levendowski, ending fellowship at NYU School of Law, as associate professor of law, starting in the 2019-20 academic year, to start an Intellectual Property Clinic.
In addition to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons' nominee from Covington & Burling Andrew Smith as director-Consumer Protection Bureau (see 1805170066) getting 3-2 approval, in 5-0 commissioner votes Bruce Hoffman named director-Competition Bureau, where he was acting director; Bruce Kobayashi from George Mason University Scalia Law School named director-Economics Bureau; and Alden Abbott, named acting general counsel by then-acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen (see the section of the April 3 issue of this publication), moves to general counsel.
House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., says Communications Subcommittee Chief Counsel David Goldman leaving for the private sector; next job not being announced now ... Secured Communications hires Jason Karp, ex-FirstNet, as chief legal counsel and board member ... Altice hires from JPMorgan Chase Michael Magdelinskas as director-government affairs and business affairs ... PdvWireless board promotes Robert Schwartz to president-chief operating officer.
Meredith board elects Patrick McCreery to move up to president, Local Media Group, effective July 1, succeeding Paul Karpowicz, retiring then ... Cogeco/Cogeco Communications boards promote Philippe Jetté to president-CEO of both, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Louis Audet, named executive chairman; outgoing Chairman Jan Peeters becomes lead director ... Aerospace Industries Association elevates Jason Yaley to vice president-membership and strategic development ... Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden promotes Mark Sweeney to principal deputy librarian of Congress ... Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation hire Tara Puckey, ex-Society of Professional Journalists, as director-strategic initiatives, new post.
Enterprise Wireless Alliance hires Bette Rinehart, ex-Motorola Solutions, as director-spectrum solutions ... Linux Foundation retains Lisbeth McNabb, ex-Match.com and now on the Nexstar board, as chief financial officer/chief operating officer ... Cologix hires Lisa Guillaume, ex-Relay Network, as chief marketing officer ... Threat Stack moves up Pete Cheslock to vice president-technical operations ... Crown Media Family Networks adds from Paulist Productions Marybeth Sprows as vice president-development.
Comcast's NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations' Telemundo Station Group promotes Matthew Lobdell to chief financial officer ... Gray Television names Andrew Stewart, ex-Sinclair, vice president-general manager, WOWT Omaha, and Don Davis, ex-Gabriel Media, general manager, KOSA-TV Odessa, Texas ... L3 Technologies promotes James Blair to vice president-treasurer, succeeding Stephen Souza, retiring.
CTA promotes Steve Koenig to vice president-market research ... Neustar adds Marjorie Bailey, ex-CACI, as senior vice president-human resources ... Shentel hires David Heimbach, ex-Rise Broadband, as executive vice president-chief operating officer, responsible for wireless, cable and wireline units; Executive Vice President-COO Earle MacKenzie becomes executive vice president-special projects, staying for a transition (see 1712050021) period ... EStruxture data center firm adds as senior vice presidents James Beer, ex-Q9 and Bell Canada, for operations and Nicolas Vanasse, ex-Lumenpulse, as chief legal officer-corporate secretary.