ZwillGen moves up privacy, security and advertising and FTC experts Melissa Maalouf and Kandi Parsons to shareholders; Jeff Landis, defending companies in privacy class actions, to chair, litigation team; and Mason Weisz, working on data collection, marketing, data sharing, computer crime, privacy and internet law, to leader, international practice; and law firm hires Michelle Anderson, ex-DLA Piper, as attorney; she will work on international and domestic privacy issues ... Nvidia hires from TechFreedom Austin Carson as senior manager-government relations, effective March 5.
Lerman Senter moved up broadcast/MVPD lawyer Paul Cicelski to a member, effective Jan. 1 ... Mintz Levin adds technology lawyers from Morgan Lewis William Perkins and Dinesh Melwani as members, Corporate & Securities Section, helping lead technology initiative ... Sinclair promotes Scott Livingston to senior vice president-news ... CenturyLink appoints Matt Gutierrez, ex-Level 3, which the company bought (see 1802150015), as senior managing director-Asia-Pacific.
Center for Democracy & Technology hires from New America's Open Technology Institute Liz Woolery as senior policy analyst-free expression ... Society of Professional Journalists hires Alison Bethel McKenzie, ex-International Press Institute, as executive director, its first African-American head, effective March 19, succeeding Joe Skeel, previously hired by Indiana State Bar Association (see 1708100025) ... Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke retires, effective in April ... Western Digital hires Lori Sundberg, most recently at Jacobs, as chief human resources officer, succeeding Jackie DeMaria, retiring ... Mobile Labs President Dan McFall adds title of CEO.
Ex-NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling hired by Internet Society as executive director, Collaborative Governance Project ... NAB adds April Carty-Sipp, ex-Disney, as senior vice president-TV, effective March 1 ... Entercom moves Becky Domyan to senior vice president-market manager, St. Louis, effective March 1; broadcaster is buying stations there from Emmis (see 1802230020) ... Disney's Freeform moves up to vice presidents Deena Beach for marketing strategy and Dalia Ganz for social media, digital marketing & synergy.
Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously elects Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald as chair for a two-year term, succeeding Commissioner Stan Wise, resigned from the commission (see 1802210022), succeeded by Tricia Pridemore, tech and workforce development expert, added to the PSC after Gov. Nathan Deal (R) appointed her to finish Wise's term through Dec. 31 ... WTA promotes in Washington office Derrick Owens to senior vice president-government and industry affairs and Eric Keber to succeed him vice president-government affairs.
Stan Wise steps down from Georgia Public Service Commission, where he was chairman since Jan. 1, 2017; Gov. Nathan Deal (R) will appoint a successor, who must run for election in November for a full six-year term ... Entercom hires Jim McCloud, ex-MLB, as executive vice president-national business development, new post ... Arris advances Germán Iaryczower to senior vice president-general manager, DOCSIS CPE business; Marcos Takanohashi succeeds him as senior vice president-sales, Caribbean and Latin America.
Sigfox IoT connectivity provider taps Christian Olivier, ex-Aversan, as president-Sigfox USA ... Sinclair moves Vice President Dave Schwartz to newly created vice president-sales operations ... FireEye moves up Craig Mueller to vice president-federal sales ... Carbon Black adds Tom Kellermann, ex-Strategic Cyber Ventures, as chief cybersecurity officer ... LBI Media appoints Nick Valls, ex-MundoMax, general manager of its recently acquired WGEN-TV Key West, Florida.
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution promotes Greg Drebin to executive vice president-worldwide marketing ... U.S. Council for International Business picks Dina Kallay, Ericsson, as chair of its Competition Committee ... Senate confirmed John Demers as assistant attorney general-National Security Division.
Comcast's NBCUniversal promotes NBC's Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta to co-presidents, scripted programming, NBC Entertainment ... With Shaw Communications Chief Financial Officer Vito Culmone leaving, effective May 4, Executive Vice President Trevor English promoted to also become chief financial and corporate development officer ... CenturyLink expands responsibilities on strategic government executive leadership team that sells products to the federal government and some others: team reports to David Young, named regional vice president-strategic government; Scott Barnett named vice president-DOD sales; Seana Gilliland named vice president-program management office.
Center for Democracy & Technology adds Maurice Turner, ex-TechCongress congressional fellow on Republican staff of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as senior technologist, Election Security and Privacy Project ... Freshfields hires Eric Mahr, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, as partner, antitrust practice, including transaction litigation ... Haug Partners taps Georg Reitboeck, ex-Kenyon & Kenyon, as IP litigation partner.